Patent ID: 8193908

Claim:
A pager having a simplified user interface for sending a message from the pager to a remote location, the pager comprising: a communication module operative to establish a telecommunication connection with a telecommunications network and to receive from the telecommunications network an instruction to display a page of information, the page containing at least one display region associated with a request; a touch-sensitive display screen forming the simplified user interface, the touch-sensitive display screen being coupled with the communication module and operative to display the page of information including the display region associated with a request, the touch-sensitive screen further operative to generate electrical signals indicative of an actuation of a region of the touch-sensitive display screen by a stylus or other device; an input detector coupled with the touch-sensitive display screen and operative in response to the generated electrical signals to identify an actuated region such as the display region associated with a request on the touch-sensitive display screen and produce electrical signals indicative of the actuated region; an input to text converter coupled with the input detector and operative in response to the electrical signals to produce text data defining one or more text characters representative of one or more symbols hand-written on the touch-sensitive display screen; an application module coupled with the input detector, the input to text converter, and the communication module, the application module including a messaging application operative to receive the text data from the input to text converter and place the one or more text characters into a text message to transmit over the telecommunication connection from the pager to the telecommunications network in wireless communication with the pager, and a browser application displaying a web page of a stock quoting service operative in response to the electrical signals indicative of the actuated region to determine that the region of the touch-sensitive display screen was actuated, to receive the text data from the input to text converter and place the one or more text characters into a request for a stock quote in response to actuation of the display region associated with the request for the stock quote by the stylus or other device, to transmit over the telecommunication connection the request for the stock quote from the pager to the telecommunications network in wireless communication with the pager, and to display the received stock quote on the touch-sensitive display screen.