Patent ID: 8667413

Claim:
An apparatus for input of information in an electronic device having a display, the apparatus comprising: a processor for displaying around the perimeter of the display a plurality of objects representative of the information to be input, displaying on the display at a location within the perimeter an area where information represented by selected objects of the plurality of objects are to be displayed, and displaying in the area a cursor; and a control interface for a user to select an object from the plurality of objects for input by moving the cursor from the area to the plurality of objects arranged around the perimeter, scrolling through the plurality of objects for highlighting at least one of the plurality of objects, and selecting a highlighted object for input; wherein selecting a highlighted object for input causes information that the highlighted object represents to be displayed as input in the area and the cursor to be repositioned to the area adjacent the displayed information for subsequent control by the user to select an additional object from the plurality of objects for input.