Patent ID: 8564406

Claim:
A pager comprising: a communication module operative to connect with a network and to receive from the network an instruction to display a page, the page including at least one display region associated with a request; a touch-sensitive display screen in communication with the communication module and operative to display the page of information including the at least one display region associated with the request, the touch-sensitive screen including an input detector operative to identify a selected area of the touch-sensitive display screen; an input-to-text converter in communication with the input detector and operative to define at least one text character representative of one or more symbols hand-written on the touch-sensitive display screen; an application module in communication with the input detector, the input-to-text converter, and the communication module, the application module including a messaging application operative to receive the at least one text character from the input-to-text converter; wherein the messaging application is further operative to place the at least one text character into a text message; wherein the messaging application is further operative to transmit the text message to the network; wherein the application module further includes a browser application operative to display a web page in response to the identification of the selected area; wherein the web page is of a stock quoting service; wherein the browser application is further operative to receive the at least one text character from the input-to-text converter, place the at least one text character into a stock quote request in response to the identification of the selected area associated with the request for the stock quote, transmit, over the network, the stock quote request, and display a received stock quote on the touch-sensitive display screen.