Patent ID: 7684821

Claim:
A method for dialing a destination using a mobile device comprising a plurality of input devices comprising a plurality of keys providing respective different inputs in accordance with a first user interface, the method comprising: (i) associating groups of one or more keys of a mobile device to define a plurality of input regions, at least three of said input regions having a plurality of keys, whereby a keying from any key of a same input region defines a same input; (ii) associating auditory responses and actions for operating the device to respective inputs receivable from input devices of the mobile device including the keys of the at least one input region in accordance with a second user interface, at least a one of the input regions associated with actions to input a character from a respective set of characters for composing a destination for inputting into the device such that repeating an input from a same input region selects a different character from the respective set and at least one of the input regions comprising a plurality of keys associated with a null action to define a dead input region to separate at least some of the other input regions associated to respective actions for dialing a destination; and (iii) for each input received from said input devices, performing the respective action and outputting the respective auditory response associated with each input thereby to dial a destination wherein at least one of the actions comprises repeating at least steps (ii) and (iii) thereby to associate different auditory responses and actions with the inputs receivable for subsequent operation of the mobile device and further wherein a one of the at least one of the actions initiates a dialing function to recall a destination stored for subsequent dialing thereby to associate the input regions with said different auditory responses and actions to input a reference to recall the destination for dialing.