Patent ID: 7924268

Claim:
A mobile electronic device comprising: a user interface adapted to generate user signals in response to receipt of manual entries at the user interface wherein a long duration manual entry results in generation of a number of user signals; a processing device adapted to apply a user signal to an associated data entry, to apply a most recent user signal to a most recent data entry in response to generation of the most recent user signal, to measure a time lapse since generation of the most recent user signal during which a subsequent user signal is not generated, to compare the time lapse to a timeout period, and to clear the most recent data entry in response to the time lapse exceeding the timeout period; and wherein the processing device is further adapted to measure a second time lapse since clearing the most recently generated data entry during which a user signal is not generated, to compare the second time lapse to a second timeout period, and to clear a data entry associated with a user signal generated before the most recent user signal in response to the second time lapse exceeding the second timeout period.