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Graphical user interface

  • US 20040021696A1
  • Filed: 07/30/2003
  • Published: 02/05/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus with an input device comprising a selector for selection of characters and having input actuators with associated fields containing first graphical symbols, characterised in that the apparatus further comprises a display screen, a symbol generator for displaying the fields containing the first set of graphical symbols in an arrangement on the display screen, and a controller that is operatively connected to the symbol generator and the selector, and in that at least one of the first graphical symbols indicates a first set of alphabetic characters in alphabetic order and in that actuation of the corresponding input actuator results in allocation of each of the alphabetic characters in the first set of alphabetic characters to a specific input actuator so that actuation of that input actuator results in selection of the allocated alphabetic character, and in that the apparatus comprises means for guiding a user during selection of an alphabetic character, and in that selection of specific alphabetic characters is sufficiently simple to allow a user to memorise the selection procedure.

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