Handheld electronic device having facilitated telephone dialing with audible sound tags, and associated method
US8400433B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 20, 2004 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/72481
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An improved hand held electronic device and an associated method provide facilitated telephone dialing by providing audible sound tags in the form of spoken words representative of numbers that can be selected by a user for dialing. The handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus that can generate a plurality of navigational inputs and at least a first selecting input. The input apparatus may include a rotatable dial, the rotation of which provides navigational inputs, and the dial may be translatable, with the translation generating a selecting input. When a processor of the handheld electronic device detects one of the navigational inputs, the handheld electronic device outputs an audible sound in the form of a spoken word of the digit that corresponds with that navigational input.
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