Mobile communication terminal and method therefore

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8933879-B2
Application number	US-25974005-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2005
Priority date	Oct 26, 2005
Publication date	Jan 13, 2015
Grant date	Jan 13, 2015

Abstract

A method, an electronic apparatus and a computer program product for controlling a cursor in a graphical user interface are disclosed. A direction signal is received from a cursor control device. Thereafter, a current mode is determined for said electronic apparatus in response to an actuation of an element of said GUI. After that, said direction signal is related to a set of predetermined directions, wherein said set of predetermined directions depends on said current mode. Next, said direction signal is classified into one direction of said set of predetermined directions, and, thereafter, said cursor is moved according to said one direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a cursor control device of an electronic apparatus having a display, a direction signal indicating cursor movement to be performed across the display;
determining, with a controller, a current mode of the apparatus, wherein the mode has a set of predetermined directions associated therewith, the set of predetermined directions being restricted to a subset of directions of the cursor movement, the set of predetermi…

Assignees

• Nurmi Mikko
• Nokia Corp

Inventors

• Nurmi Mikko

Classifications

• G06F3/04842 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic