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User interface for inputting symbols in a handheld mobile communication device

A technology of mobile communication equipment and graphical user interface, applied in the direction of digital output to display equipment, input/output process of data processing, special data processing applications, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-05-09
RES IN MOTION LTD
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Therefore, designing a keyboard for entering text and a laudable GUI presents a challenge, especially when the keyboard has relatively few keys for mapping symbols

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[0022] A graphical user interface (GUI) for entering symbols into a handheld mobile communication device with a simplified keypad is described. Figure 3-9 An example of a simplified keypad is shown, Figure 10-13 A GUI including an example symbol view and the operation of entering symbols using a simplified keypad is shown.

[0023] Referring now to the accompanying drawings, Figure 3-9 Various views of the mobile communication device 10 with an example keypad 14 are included. The keyboard 14 is a physical keyboard including multiple multi-function keys. The keys are multifunctional in that they can be used to enter alphabetic characters, numbers, button tones, symbols and / or functions, or other known inputs. A keyboard is a physical keyboard in the sense that it uses movable keys, rather than a touchscreen-style keyboard that uses non-removable keys. In a preferred embodiment, these keys are movable to activate a switch located below them.

[0024] The example physical...

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A graphical user interface for inputting symbols into a handheld mobile communication device having a reduced key keyboard is disclosed. The reduced key keyboard includes a plurality of multi-functional keys and corresponding indicia including keys associated with alphabetic characters corresponding to an array of letters A-Z defined with reference to a standard alphabetic format for arranging said letters on a regular keyboard and an overlaid numeric phone key arrangement, said plurality of keys associated with alphabetic characters numbering fewer than 26. The graphical user interface (GUI)comprises a plurality of views for displaying on a display of the device, each view representing said plurality of keys associated with the alphabetic characters and respective symbols associated with individual ones of said plurality of keys; and a mapping component for selecting a symbol in response to a user input using a one of said plurality of keys associated with the alphabetic characters.Preferably, each of the plurality of views represents a look of the reduced key keyboard whereby to permit a user to visually map each key to its' associated symbol. The symbols are arranged among the plurality of views and within a view to facilitate intuitive and efficient input of the symbols.

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technical field [0001] The technology relates to the control of an electronic device having a keypad. In particular, the technology is concerned with symbolic views user interfaces of handheld mobile communication devices. Background technique [0002] Handheld mobile communication devices typically include a keyboard / keypad input device for entering telephone numbers, text, commands, etc. to control the device. Typically, mobile communication devices have reduced-key keyboards that have fewer keys than standard keyboards on computing devices such as laptops, personal computers, workstations, and the like. In fact, to facilitate the miniaturization of handheld mobile devices, the 26 Latin alphabet and 10 Arabic numeral characters can be mapped to less than 26 keys. Thus, a single key may have the function of entering one of a plurality of alphanumeric characters. In addition to the input of alphanumeric characters, the mobile communication device must also allow the input...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/023G06F3/14G06F3/048G06F17/00
CPCG06F3/0236G06F3/0481G06F3/0237G06F3/04895
Inventor 谢里·李·洛兰·斯科特
Owner RES IN MOTION LTD