Patent Document ID: 8400433
Application ID: 10894540

Base Claim:
1. A method of enabling input into a handheld electronic device, the handheld electronic device including an input apparatus having at least one input member that is movable in a first direction and in a second direction to generate a plurality of navigational inputs, the input apparatus being adapted to generate at least one selecting input to said handheld electronic device, said method comprising: detecting a plurality of said navigational inputs from said at least one input member; detecting which of movement of said at least one input member in said first direction and movement of said at least one input member in said second direction generated each of said navigational inputs; outputting for each of at least some of the navigational inputs an audible sound tag representing a spoken word that corresponds with the navigational input; with respect to each of a plurality of the navigational inputs for which an audible sound tag was output: detecting a selecting input, storing a value represented by the audible sound tag; responsive to a predetermined input, processing the stored values; and further comprising again outputting an audible sound tag after expiration of a predetermined period of time during which neither a navigational input nor a selecting input is detected.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising incrementing a counter when one of said navigational inputs results from movement of said at least one input member in said first direction, and decrementing said counter when one of said navigational inputs results from movement of said at least one input member in said second direction.