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Concave handheld mobile device with tactile side gripConcave handheld mobile device with tactile side grip description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080074395, Concave handheld mobile device with tactile side grip. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS REFERENCE [0001]The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/826,898, filed Sep. 25, 2006. Said application is expressly incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. FIELD [0002]This disclosure, in a broad sense, is directed toward handheld electronic devices; and more specifically to handheld communication devices that have wireless communication capabilities and the networks within which the wireless communication devices operate. The present disclosure further relates to the ergonomics of such devices, including features which enhance a user's ability to tactilely differentiate among various keys on the device and which make such devices more comfortable in the user's palm and which facilitate thumb-manipulation of an included navigation tool on the device. BACKGROUND [0003]With the proliferation of wireless communication systems, compatible handheld communication devices are becoming more prevalent, as well as advanced. Whereas in the past such handheld communication devices were typically limited to either voice transmission (cell phones) or text transmission (pagers and PDAs), today's consumer often demands a multifunctional device capable of performing both types of transmissions, including even sending and receiving e-mail. Furthermore, these higher-performance devices can also be capable of sending and receiving other types of data including that which allows the viewing and use of Internet websites. These higher level functionalities necessarily require greater user interaction with the devices through included user interfaces (UIs) which may have originally been designed to accommodate making and receiving telephone calls and sending messages over a related Short Messaging Service (SMS). As might be expected, suppliers of such mobile communication devices and the related service providers are anxious to meet these customer requirements, but the demands of these more advanced functionalities have in many circumstances rendered the traditional user interfaces unsatisfactory, a situation that has caused designers to have to improve the UIs through which users input information and control these sophisticated operations. [0004]Keyboards are used on many handheld devices, including telephones and mobile communication devices. The size of keyboards has been reduced over the years, as newer, smaller devices have become popular. Cell phones, for example, are now sized to fit in one's pocket or the palm of the hand. As the size of the devices has decreased, the more important it has become to utilize the entire keyboard surface as efficiently as possible. [0005]Many keyboards on mobile devices have an input device for navigation through the graphical user interface. These interfaces include such devices as trackballs and rotating wheels which can be used to effect movement of a cursor or pointer, or to scroll up, down and about a displayed page. These navigation devices often occupy a relatively large amount of space on the incorporating mobile device. Because the navigation device is frequently used and often requires fine control, a lower end size limitation will normally be observed by device designers. To accommodate such larger, more convenient navigation devices on the housing of the mobile device, the amount of space that is available for the keys of the keyboard is correspondingly reduced if the keyboard and navigational device are proximately located to one another. [0006]Another keyboard spacing problem is that of finger overlap and key differentiation when keys are smaller than the user's finger and are spaced closely together--a situation that arises particularly if a full keyboard (as opposed to a reduced-format keyboard) arrangement is implemented. Furthermore, as handheld wireless communication devices become used more and more frequently by a given user, and as they become smaller, comfort within the user's hand becomes a bigger concern. The present disclosure provides solutions to these concerns. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0007]Exemplary methods and arrangements conducted and configured according to the advantageous solutions presented herein are depicted in the accompanying drawings wherein: [0008]FIG. 1 illustrates a handheld communication device configured according to the present teachings cradled in the palm of a user's hand; [0009]FIG. 2 is a block diagram representing a wireless handheld communication device interacting in a communication network; [0010]FIG. 3a illustrates an exemplary QWERTY keyboard layout; [0011]FIG. 3b illustrates an exemplary QWERTZ keyboard layout; [0012]FIG. 3c illustrates an exemplary AZERTY keyboard layout; [0013]FIG. 3d illustrates an exemplary Dvorak keyboard layout; [0014]FIG. 4 illustrates a QWERTY keyboard layout paired with a traditional ten-key keyboard; [0015]FIG. 5 illustrates ten digits comprising the numerals 0-9 arranged in a traditional, ITU Standard E.161 numeric telephone keypad layout, including the * and # keys flanking the 0 key; [0016]FIG. 6 illustrates a traditional or standard phone key arrangement or layout according to the ITU Standard E.161 including both numerals and letters; [0017]FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of an exemplary wireless handheld electronic device, incorporating a trackball assembly as the auxiliary user input; [0018]FIG. 8a is a plan view of the handheld communication device illustrated in FIG. 1 illustrating dimensional aspects of the body of the device; [0019]FIGS. 8b, 8c, and 8d further illustrate the handheld communication device of FIGS. 1 and 8a being carried and/or manipulated with a single hand of a user of the device; [0020]FIG. 9 illustrates on a larger scale the keyboard (keyfield and navigation row) employed in the handheld communication device illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 8; Continue reading about Concave handheld mobile device with tactile side grip... 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