Patent ID: 7667148

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: at a portable communications device with a click wheel and a display, detecting a plurality of sequential finger contacts with the click wheel, wherein each finger contact includes: an initial location of the finger contact on the click wheel, a final location of the finger contact on the click wheel, and an angular displacement of the finger contact on the click wheel between the initial location and the final location of the finger contact on the click wheel; displaying a image that includes digits arranged in a circle, wherein the image rotates by an amount determined in accordance with the angular displacement of the finger contact such that a digit of the image is highlighted in a fixed predetermined position of the circle; for each finger contact, determining the highlighted digit, wherein the determined highlighted digit is independent of the initial location of the finger contact on the click wheel; displaying the determined digits in a second predetermined area of the display; detecting an input that corresponds to a request to perform an action with the determined digits; and performing the requested action.