Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reduced keyboard character selection system and method
- Patent Title (中): 减少键盘字符选择系统和方法
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Application No.: US12204632Application Date: 2008-09-04
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Publication No.: US07656316B2Publication Date: 2010-02-02
- Inventor: Mihal Lazaridis , Jason T. Griffin
- Applicant: Mihal Lazaridis , Jason T. Griffin
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
- Current Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Agency: Novak Druce + Quigg LLP
- Main IPC: H03K17/94
- IPC: H03K17/94

Abstract:
A system and method of selecting a character for display in a communication device having a display and a reduced-key keyboard is provided. One of the plurality of keys on the reduced-key keyboard is selected and a default letter associated with the selected key is displayed. A backspace key is selected to display a cursor in the position of the character on the display. The key associated with the default character is selected again and an alternate character associated with the selected key is displayed in place of the default letter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080318637A1 REDUCED KEYBOARD CHARACTER SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2008-12-25
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