Patent ID: 7917097

Claim:
A mobile device comprising: an application configured for displaying a sequence of actionable items and performing an action on a selected actionable items; a screen displaying at least a consecutive portion of the sequence of actionable items, the consecutive portion comprising the selected actionable item; and a user-controllable pivoting input switch having a plurality of operational modes, wherein a first operational mode comprises pivoting of the input switch in a first direction about an axis from a starting point to a first input-generating position, the input switch generating a first input signal in response to a detection of the input switch being pivoted to or past the first input-generating position and repeatedly generating the first input signal in response to a detection of the input switch being maintained at or past the first input-generating position, wherein the application selects an actionable item adjacent to the selected actionable item in the sequence in a direction associated with the first direction as the selected actionable item in response to the first input signal, and a second operational mode comprises depressing of the input switch in towards the axis from the starting point to a second input-generating position, the input switch generating a second input signal in response to a detection of the input switch being depressed to or past the second input-generating position, wherein the application performs the action on the selected actionable item in response to the second input signal.