Character key incorporating navigation control
CA 2489134 C · Owner: Griffin, Jason · Inventors: Griffin, Jason; Pletikosa, Velimir
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An electronic device including a display screen and a keyboard. The keyboard is coupled by a processor to the display screen and has a plurality of keys including a combined character and navigation key having a plurality of detectable input positions including at least one character input position corresponding to a character input for a displayable character and at least one navigation control input position corresponding to a navigation control input for movement of a navigation indicator on the display screen. The combined character and navigation key provides tactile single click feedback to a user when the combined character and navigation key is moved to any of the input positions. …
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- Filed December 3, 2004 and granted May 29, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 3, 2024.
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