WO2001038957A3 - Display cursor having direction indicator for use with bi-directional symbol input - Google Patents

Display cursor having direction indicator for use with bi-directional symbol input Download PDF

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WO2001038957A3
WO2001038957A3 PCT/IB2000/001707 IB0001707W WO0138957A3 WO 2001038957 A3 WO2001038957 A3 WO 2001038957A3 IB 0001707 W IB0001707 W IB 0001707W WO 0138957 A3 WO0138957 A3 WO 0138957A3
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Pia Maenpaa
Anna-Sofia Paananen
Ville Salmi
Kari Kivisto
Juha Miikkulainen
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Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd
Nokia Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/02—Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
    • G06F3/023—Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
    • G06F3/0233—Character input methods

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A method is disclosed for a mobile station user interface for providing bi-directional symbol insertion in, by example, a right-to-left direction or a left-to-right direction. The method has steps of (a) providing a symbol entry device and a display for displaying entered symbols; (b) displaying a cursor on the display, the cursor indicating a next symbol insertion location and a current symbol insertion direction; and (c) changing the current symbol insertion direction of the cursor in response to a writing direction context switch signalled by an entry from the symbol entry device. For example, if a user is entering Arabic symbols in a right-to-left direction, and then indicates a language context switch either explicitly or implicitly by entering a number or a Latin symbol, a context switch is made from the right-to-left writing language to the left-to-right writing language, and an automatic change is made to the writing direction indicated by the cursor.
PCT/IB2000/001707 1999-11-29 2000-11-17 Display cursor having direction indicator for use with bi-directional symbol input WO2001038957A2 (en)

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