Patent ID: 7439957

Claim:
An electronic appliance having an input/output device, said appliance comprising: a display, said display displaying a selected set of input characters; a wrist band connected to said display for securing said display to the wrist of a user; a flexible assembly operatively connected to said display; said flexible assembly having a set of character keys located thereon, each of said character keys associated with an individual character of said selected set of input characters and at least one control key, wherein said selected set of input characters comprises a single row of characters from a set of keyboard rows, wherein actuation of any of said characters keys causes the character associated with said actuated key to be input into said device and actuation of said control key causes said currently selected set of input characters to be changed to a different set of input characters, and wherein said flexible assembly is pivotal from a position where said assembly extends substantially along and underneath said wristband to a position substantially perpendicular to said wristband.