Personal communicator apparatus

Claim 1

A hand-held personal communication apparatus comprising: a radio frequency transceiver; audio logic circuitry coupled to said radio frequency transceiver to permit audio data to be received and transmitted by a user; a digital processor; a modem coupled to said digital processor and said radio frequency transceiver to permit digital data to be received and transmitted by a user; a memory coupled to said digital processor for storing a plurality of communication application programs, each of said plurality of communication application programs initiating execution in response to a selected calling sequence and including executable program code for generating at least one graphic image, said at least one graphic image including at least one designated user input area; a display coupled to said digital processor for displaying a graphic image; a touch sensitive overlay coupled to said digital processor and overlaying said display for generating file execution commands in response to user touch commands within a designated user input area; a navigation file stored in said memory, said navigation file including a plurality of ordered entries, each of said ordered entries comprising a calling sequence for one of said plurality of communication application programs; and a navigation program stored within said memory and executable by said digital processor in tandem with each of said plurality of communication application programs for accessing said navigation file and initiating a selected calling sequence in response to a user touch command within a designated user input area wherein a user may efficiently move from one communication application program to another communication application program with minimal user inputs while utilizing said personal communication apparatus.