초록 ▼

A mobile communication device is provided that includes at least two keyboards incorporated into a keyboard tray that both slides and rotates relative to the main body of the mobile communications device. When the keyboard tray is extended, the different keyboards may be accessed by rotating the key

A mobile communication device is provided that includes at least two keyboards incorporated into a keyboard tray that both slides and rotates relative to the main body of the mobile communications device. When the keyboard tray is extended, the different keyboards may be accessed by rotating the keyboard. Both the main body of the mobile communications device and the keyboard tray may have a circular shape.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A mobile communications device comprising: a main body having a top body surface that is opposite a bottom body surface, the main body defining an elongated channel having an opening through the bottom body surface, wherein the main body has a circular shape, and wherein the main body includes a

1. A mobile communications device comprising: a main body having a top body surface that is opposite a bottom body surface, the main body defining an elongated channel having an opening through the bottom body surface, wherein the main body has a circular shape, and wherein the main body includes a first radio receiver and a first radio transmitter;a display screen incorporated into the top body surface;a keyboard tray physically connected to and electrically connected with the main body, wherein the keyboard tray has a top tray surface that is opposite a bottom tray surface, and wherein keyboard tray has a circular shape, and wherein the keyboard tray includes a second radio receiver and a second radio transmitter that communicatively couple the main body and the keyboard tray to each other through a wireless connection;a pin protruding from the top tray surface and engaged with the elongated channel in the bottom body surface, thereby connecting the keyboard tray to the main body such that the keyboard tray may slide from a first position at an end of the elongated channel near a center of the main body to a second position at an opposite end of the elongated channel near an edge of the main body, wherein the pin also allows the keyboard tray to rotate relative to the main body;a first keyboard incorporated into a first section of the top tray surface, wherein the first keyboard has a first orientation, and wherein the first keyboard includes a first plurality of keys; anda second keyboard incorporated into a second section of the top tray surface, wherein the second keyboard has a second orientation that is different than the first orientation, wherein the second keyboard includes a second plurality of keys some of which keys are different than keys in the first plurality of keys, and wherein the first section and the second section are on different sides of the pin;a sensor connected to one or more of the main body and the keyboard tray for detecting a current degree of rotation for the keyboard tray relative to the main body; anda keyboard controller coupled to the sensor and the top tray that activates and deactivates the first keyboard and the second keyboard based on the current degree of rotation for the keyboard tray relative to the main body. 2. The mobile communications device of claim 1, wherein the display screen is a touch-screen display. 3. The mobile communications device of claim 2, wherein the display screen has a circular shape. 4. The mobile communications device of claim 1, wherein the first keyboard is a QWERTY keyboard and the second keyboard is not a QWERTY keyboard. 5. The mobile communications device of claim 1, wherein the main body and the keyboard tray form an oblate spheroid when the main body is directly over the keyboard tray. 6. A circular-shaped mobile communications device having a main body that slides and rotates relative to a keyboard tray comprising: the main body having a top body surface that is opposite a bottom body surface, the main body defining an elongated channel having an opening through the bottom body surface, wherein the main body has a circular shape, wherein the main body includes a first radio receiver and a first radio transmitter, and wherein opposite side walls of the main body each define multiple alcoves;the keyboard tray connected to the main body, such that the keyboard tray may slide and rotate relative to the main body, wherein the keyboard tray has a top tray surface that is opposite a bottom tray surface, wherein the keyboard tray has a circular shape, and wherein the keyboard tray includes a second radio receiver and a second radio transmitter that communicatively couples the main body to the keyboard tray through a wireless connection formed with the first radio and the first receiver;a first keyboard incorporated into a first section of the top tray surface, wherein the first keyboard is a QWERTY keyboard and has a first orientation;a second keyboard incorporated into a second section of the top tray surface, wherein the second keyboard has a second orientation that is different than the first orientation, wherein the second keyboard is a standard phone keypad; anda third keyboard incorporated into a third section of the top tray surface, wherein the third keyboard has a third orientation that is different than the first orientation and the second orientation, wherein the second keyboard is a modified QWERTY keypad, wherein a center point of the first section, a center point of the second section, and a center point of the third section are evenly spaced around a center of the keyboard tray;a sensor connected to one or more of the main body and the keyboard tray for detecting a current degree of rotation for the keyboard tray relative to the main body; anda keyboard controller coupled to the sensor and the top tray that activates and deactivates the first keyboard, the second keyboard, and the third keyboard based on the current degree of rotation for the keyboard tray relative to the main body. 7. The circular-shaped mobile communications device of claim 6, wherein the main body and the keyboard tray form an oblate spheroid when the keyboard tray is directly underneath the main body. 8. A mobile communications device with a perimeter shaped as an oblate spheroid when the mobile communications device is in a closed position comprising: a main body shaped as a semi-oblate spheroid, wherein the main body includes a first radio receiver and a first radio transmitter;a keyboard tray shaped as a semi-oblate spheroid that is physically connected to the main body such that the keyboard tray may rotate at least 360 degrees relative to the main body, wherein the mobile communications device is in a closed position when the main body is directly on top of the keyboard tray, and wherein the keyboard tray includes a second radio receiver and a second radio transmitter that communicatively couple the main body and the keyboard tray to each other through a wireless connection;a first keyboard incorporated into a first section of a top surface of the keyboard tray, wherein the first keyboard has a first orientation;a second keyboard incorporated into a second section of the top surface, wherein the second keyboard has a second orientation that is different than the first orientation, wherein the first section and the second section are on different sides of the top surface, and wherein a center point of the first section and a center point of the second section are evenly spaced from a center of the keyboard tray;a sensor connected to one or more of the main body and the keyboard tray for detecting a current degree of rotation for the keyboard tray relative to the main body; anda keyboard controller coupled to the sensor and the top tray that activates and deactivates the first keyboard and the second keyboard based on the current degree of rotation for the keyboard tray relative to the main body. 9. The mobile communications device of claim 8, further comprising a touch-screen display incorporated into the top surface of the main body. 10. The mobile communications device of claim 9, wherein an engagement of a pin protruding from the keyboard tray in the channel allows the keyboard tray to slide relative to the main body. 11. The mobile communications device of claim 8, further comprising a circular touch-screen display incorporated into a top side of the main body.