Patent ID: 7366540

Claim:
A hand-held communication device, comprising: a housing sized to be held within the hand of a user, said housing including a swivel assembly; a transceiver assembly contained within the housing for communicating information with a wireless communication system; and a camera assembly disposed on said swivel assembly for capturing images, said swivel assembly and said camera assembly being disposed within said housing, said swivel assembly allowing rotation of said camera assembly with respect to said housing, said swivel assembly further allowing said camera assembly to be placed in at least a first position and a second position, said first position for capturing images of a user's finger, said second position for capturing images of a surface; wherein the camera assembly captures images of said user's finger as a tip of the user's finger is moved over a lens window of the camera assembly for tracking movement of the finger when said camera assembly is placed in said first position, said and said camera assembly captures images of said surface as the housing is moved over the surface when said housing is in contact with said surface for tracking the movement of the housing when said camera assembly is placed in said second position, the tracked movement of the finger over the camera assembly and the housing over the surface being used for controlling a function of at least one of the hand-held communication device and a computer system in communication with the hand-held communication device.