Portable electronic apparatus

Patent 6661404 Issued on December 9, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date:

January 25, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Nokia Mobile Phones Limited

Application

No. 09/236960 filed on 01/25/1999

US Classes:

345/168Including keyboard

Examiners

Primary: Hjerpe, Richard
Assistant: Eisen, Alexander

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Perman & Green, LLP

International Classes

G06F 1/16 (20060101)
H04M 1/23 (20060101)
H04M 1/02 (20060101)

Foreign Application Priority Data

1998-01-29 FI

Abstract

A mobile communication device has a body portion (2) and a lid (7) hingeably coupled to the body portion (2). The lid (7) is moveable about a hinged joint (8) between open and closed positions in which a surface portion of the body portion (2) is respectively uncovered and covered by the lid. A first plurality of data input keys (11b) are provided on said surface portion of the body portion (2) whilst a second plurality of data input keys (11a) are provided on an inner surface of the lid (7). The first and second plurality of keys combine, when the lid (7) is open, to provide a QWERTY keyboard. A third plurality of keys (10) on an outer surface of the lid (7) provide a set of telephone keys for use when the lid (7) is closed. An electronic display (6) is provided on a surface of the body portion (2), the display (6) being visible to a user when the lid (7) is in both the open and closed positions. Display control means is arranged to display information on the display (6) with a first orientation when the lid (7) is in the open position and with a second orientation, substantially at right angles to said first orientation, when the lid (7) is in the closed position.