ADAPTIVE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD FOR HANDHELD DEVICE
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a handheld electronic device having a touchscreen to display a virtual keyboard, wherein the virtual keyboard includes keys arranged in multiple concentric arcs around a virtual wheel, wherein the virtual wheel contains multiple sectors and only one sector of keys are visible on the touchscreen at one time, and wherein the keys visible on the touchscreen are positioned for operation by a user'"'"'s thumb.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the invention relate to a configuration of virtual keys that belong to a virtual keyboard displayed on a touchscreen of a hand-held device. The keys are arranged along concentric circles of a virtual wheel so as to be conveniently reached by the user'"'"'s thumb when the device is held in the user'"'"'s hand. The sector of keys visible on the touchscreen may be changed by virtually rotating the virtual wheel.
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28 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a handheld electronic device having a touchscreen to display a virtual keyboard, wherein the virtual keyboard includes keys arranged in multiple concentric arcs around a virtual wheel, wherein the virtual wheel contains multiple sectors and only one sector of keys are visible on the touchscreen at one time, and wherein the keys visible on the touchscreen are positioned for operation by a user'"'"'s thumb. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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providing a virtual keyboard in a handheld electronic device, with rows of keys arranged in multiple concentric circles; displaying only one sector of the keyboard at a time on a touchscreen; and changing the displayed keys from the keys in a first sector to the keys in a second sector in response to an action by a user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An article comprising
a computer-readable storage medium that contains instructions, which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising: -
creating a virtual keyboard with rows of keys arranged in multiple concentric circles; displaying only one sector of the keyboard at a time on a touchscreen; and changing the displayed keys from the keys in a first sector to the keys in a second sector in response to an action by a user. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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