On-screen diagonal cursor navigation on a handheld communication device

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EP 1 818 771 A8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
	Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	21.11.2007 Bulletin 2007/47

(43)	Date of publication:
	15.08.2007 Bulletin 2007/33

(21)	Application number: 06253036.5

(22)	Date of filing: 13.06.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 3/033^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK YU

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Priority:

13.02.2006 US 773145 P
14.02.2006 US 773799 P

(71)	Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
	Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3W8 (CA)

(72)	Inventors:
	Lee, Matthew Belleville, ON, K8N 4Z6 (CA) Bocking, Andrew Waterloo, ON, N2K 3Y8 (CA) Mak-Fan, David Waterloo, ON, N2K 4B1 (CA) Fyke, Steven Waterloo, Ontario N2L 6M1 (CA) Bells, Matthew Waterloo, ON, N2L 6M2 (CA)

(74)	Representative: Hibbert, Juliet Jane Grace et al
	Kilburn & Strode 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ London WC1R 4PJ (GB)

(54)	On-screen diagonal cursor navigation on a handheld communication device

(57) Method an arrangement for affecting diagonal movement of a cursor 171 on the display screen 322 of a handheld communication device 300. The method includes sensing movement at an auxiliary user input 328 of the handheld communication device 300 indicative of the user's desire to affect diagonal movement of the cursor 171 on the display screen 322 of the handheld communication device 300. X-direction signals and Y-direction signals are produced based on the sensed movement at the auxiliary user input 328. During that time while the necessary signals are being collected and processed, the cursor 171 is held steady on the display screen 322 until a predetermined criterion is met for discriminating whether the user has indicated x-direction cursor movement, y-direction cursor movement or diagonal cursor movement.