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System and method for associating characters to keys in keypad in electronic device

A technology of electronic equipment and small keyboards, which is applied in the field of key sets, and can solve the problems of only numeric keypads and no complete supplementary keys, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2013-05-08
BLACKBERRY LTD
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Some devices have only numeric keypads or keypads that do not provide a full complement of keys for a QWERTY-style keyboard layout

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[0030] The following description and the embodiments described herein are provided by way of examples or examples of specific embodiments of the principles of the invention. These examples are provided for the purpose of explaining without limiting those principles of the invention. In the following description, the same reference numerals are used to denote similar parts throughout the specification and the drawings.

[0031] See figure 1 , 10 generally represents an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is used to receive electronic communications. In this embodiment, the electronic device 10 is based on a computing platform with improved personal digital assistant functions including cellular phone and email features. However, it is understood that the electronic device 10 may be based on the structure, design, and function of other electronic devices, such as a smart phone, a desktop computer pager, or a portable computer with telephone...

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The invention relates to a system and method of mapping a layout of a keyboard onto a keypad in an electronic device is provided. The method comprising steps of: providing a definition of a map of a keyboard layout as a collection of segments of the keyboard layout; associating a set of characters in one segment of the segments to programmable keys in the keypad; and selectively associating the programmable keys with another set of characters in another segment of the segments based on a signal received from a navigation system. The system is embodied in an electronic device, including a wireless device.

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[0001] This application is a divisional application of Chinese Patent Application No. 200710103545.5 filed on February 16, 2007 under the title of "System and Method for Associating Characters with Keys in the Keypad of an Electronic Device". Technical field [0002] The invention described herein relates to a system and method for associating characters with keys on the keypad of an electronic device (eg, a handheld communication device). In particular, the invention described herein relates to dynamically mapping a part of a full keypad to a set of keys on the keypad. Background technique [0003] Mobile telephone devices (MTDs) such as cellular phones and telephone-enabled personal digital assistants (PDAs) are connected to a wireless network, where one or more such devices transmit voice or data to each other or to external services. The services may include making external phone calls to landline voice networks, making phone calls to other cellular phones, dropping or retriev...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/023
CPCG06F3/0237G06F3/0238
Inventor 马丁·乔治·艾伯特·格恩里
Owner BLACKBERRY LTD
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