Patent ID: 8558790

Claim:
A portable device comprising: a sensor unit configured to detect user inputs; a display unit configured to display a user interface; a communications unit configured to communicate with an external device; and a controller configured to perform actions including: detecting a first event that an input box is included in a displayable content of the external device; initiating a navigation mode of the portable device for navigating the displayable content; displaying a copy of the input box along with a navigation interface on the display unit, wherein the navigation interface includes a pointer controlling area for navigating the displayable content with a pointer controlled by the portable device, and wherein the displayed copy of the input box is extracted from the displayable content of the external device and is a trigger interface which switches the portable device from the navigation mode to a user input mode; detecting a second event that the displayed copy of the input box is selected on the trigger interface; initiating the user input mode by displaying a virtual keyboard with the selected displayed copy of the input box; and transmitting a user input which is inputted in the selected displayed copy of the input box, wherein the first event and the second event are not triggered concurrently.