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KEYPAD NAVIGATION SELECTION AND METHOD ON MOBILE DEVICE

  • US 20090172604A1
  • Filed: 12/28/2007
  • Published: 07/02/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A handheld electronic communication device, comprising:

  • a body having a display area, a cursor navigation area and a keyfield area, said keyfield area comprising a plurality of input keys, at least a portion of said input keys each having a plurality of alphabetic characters associated therewith;

    a microprocessor communicatively connected between said input keys and a display screen of the display area and communicatively connected between the cursor navigation area and the display screen, said microprocessor configured to;

    receive input data indicative of detected contact with a particular input key that uninterruptedly continues as sweeping motion across the cursor navigation area, andoutput corresponding instructional data to the display screen;

    said software program configured to run on said microprocessor and programmed to identify a contacted input key having a plurality of alphabetic characters associated therewith and to display the plurality of associated alphabetic characters on the display screen, said software program further programmed to execute at least one of the following;

    select one of said plurality of alphabetic characters in dependence upon where the uninterruptedly sweeping motion across the cursor navigation area stops; and

    select one of a plurality of words displayed on the display screen by a disambiguation software routine in dependence upon where the uninterruptedly sweeping motion across the cursor navigation area stops.

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