Patent ID: 7446755

Claim:
An input device for entering data, said input device comprising: a housing; and an input control coupled to the housing to input data, wherein a first movement of the input control toggles through a first set of data inputs, wherein each individual data input of the first set of data inputs is associated with a set of secondary data inputs greater in number than the individual data input associated therewith, and wherein said first set of data inputs and each set of secondary data inputs is a subset of a larger set of data, and wherein the first movement of the input control selects an individual data input as a control input, and wherein a next movement of the input control performs one of: selects the control input as a secondary input, if the next movement is to a middle position on the housing for entry of data; and toggles through a set of secondary data inputs corresponding to the control input, wherein the next movement of the input control selects an individual data input from the set of secondary data inputs corresponding to the control input as a secondary input; and wherein the control input provided by the first movement followed by the secondary input provided by the next movement produces a unique data input for the entry of data.