WO2006026050A3 - Method for entering a character into an electronic device - Google Patents

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WO2006026050A3
WO2006026050A3 PCT/US2005/027652 US2005027652W WO2006026050A3 WO 2006026050 A3 WO2006026050 A3 WO 2006026050A3 US 2005027652 W US2005027652 W US 2005027652W WO 2006026050 A3 WO2006026050 A3 WO 2006026050A3
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character
entering
electronic device
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Zhi-Feng Wang
Xiao-Min Zhang
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Motorola Inc
Zhi-Feng Wang
Xiao-Min Zhang
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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
    • G06F3/0236—Character input methods using selection techniques to select from displayed items

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A method (300) for entering a character and character strings, into an electronic device (100) is provided. The method (300) includes displaying (320) groups of characters on a display screen (105) of the device (100), each one of the groups being displayed such that they have a visually distinctive representation compared to all other groups. Next, a selecting step (330) selects a chosen group from one of the groups in response to actuation of one of a set of user interface keys (106), each of the interface keys (106) being depicted in a manner that uniquely associates each one of the set of user interface keys with a respective one of the groups of characters.
PCT/US2005/027652 2004-08-30 2005-08-05 Method for entering a character into an electronic device WO2006026050A2 (en)

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CN200410074804.2 2004-08-30
CNB2004100748042A CN1317632C (en) 2004-08-30 2004-08-30 Method for inputting character into electronic device

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