Patent ID: 8473082

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a user input event at a user interface of a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device operable in a predictive mode and a non-predictive mode, wherein the user input event is received by a media-playback a application of the portable electronic device; transmitting the user in the media-playback application to a non-media-playback application of the portable electronic device for processing said user input event; processing the user input event by the non-media-playback application, wherein the processing includes: determining an operation associated with the received user input event; determining if the operation is a non-predictive mode operation; performing the non-predictive mode operation if the operation is determined as said non-predictive mode operation, otherwise, automatically transmitting, without user intervention, the user input event to the media-playback application for performing a predictive mode operation; wherein the operation is performed on the portable electronic device.