System for character entry on a display screen
First Claim
1. A method for entering and editing characters on a display screen, comprising the steps of:
- displaying a control object on said display screen for displaying characters therein;
creating a plurality of segmented cells within said control object, each segmented cell containing a single one of said characters;
displaying the characters in said segmented cells within said control object on said display screen;
displaying a character spin dial associated with a selected one of said segmented cells on said display screen;
manipulating said character spin dial to change said single character presented in said selected segmented cell to another one of said characters; and
displaying said other character in said selected segmented cell on said display screen.
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Abstract
In association with an interactive television system, a system for displaying a control object in which characters may be entered or edited via a character spin dial. Each character and empty space in which a character may be entered is displayed in a separate cell within the control object. Each cell accepts entry or editing of characters therein via a character spin dial. The character spin dial is displayed to the user as an up arrow and a down arrow displayed above and below the cell, respectively. By manipulating a directional control on a remote control associated with the interactive television network in the up or down position, the user scrolls the character spin dial through a list of selectable characters until the desired character is displayed in the cell.
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45 Claims
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1. A method for entering and editing characters on a display screen, comprising the steps of:
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displaying a control object on said display screen for displaying characters therein; creating a plurality of segmented cells within said control object, each segmented cell containing a single one of said characters; displaying the characters in said segmented cells within said control object on said display screen; displaying a character spin dial associated with a selected one of said segmented cells on said display screen; manipulating said character spin dial to change said single character presented in said selected segmented cell to another one of said characters; and displaying said other character in said selected segmented cell on said display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system, in connection with an interactive network system, for displaying characters on a display screen, comprising:
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a control object displayed on said display screen; segmented cells displayed within said control object for displaying characters therein, each segmented cell containing a single one of said characters; and a character spin dial displayed on said display screen in association with a selected one of said segmented cells for scrolling a list of selectable characters through said selected segmented cell. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A computer-implemented method for entering characters on a display screen to compose a user-generated message, comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying a control object having a plurality of independent segmented cells on the display screen, each cell containing at least one character; (b) displaying a character spin dial in association with one of the cells, the spin dial being operative to display a plurality of selectable characters; (c) entering a single one of the plurality of selectable characters into the cell associated with the character spin dial; and (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) for each cell in the control object to form the user-generated message on the display screen, the plurality of selectable characters displayed in the character spin dial on the display screen does not depend on any prior entry of characters into the plurality of independent segmented cells in the control object. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45)
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