Wireless mobile phone with key stroking based input facilities
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1. A wireless mobile phone comprising:
- an input keypad having a plurality of touch sensitive keys; and
means coupled to the input keypad to interpret key stroking patterns of said touch sensitive keys by a user to facilitate entry of alphanumeric data or commands, wherein each key stroking pattern is composed of one or more stroke pattern directions with each stroke pattern direction defined by a stroking of two or more adjacent ones of said touch sensitive keys.
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Abstract
A wireless mobile phone, is provided with an input keypad having a number of touch sensitive keys, and complementary logic to facilitate entry of alphanumeric data through stroking of the touch sensitive keys of the input keypad. Alphanumeric data or commands are entered through selected ones of down, up, right, left, and a number of other patterns of stroking of the touch sensitive keys. As a result, a user may enter alphanumeric data or commands in a much more user friendly manner.
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1. A wireless mobile phone comprising:
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an input keypad having a plurality of touch sensitive keys; and
means coupled to the input keypad to interpret key stroking patterns of said touch sensitive keys by a user to facilitate entry of alphanumeric data or commands, wherein each key stroking pattern is composed of one or more stroke pattern directions with each stroke pattern direction defined by a stroking of two or more adjacent ones of said touch sensitive keys. - 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. In a wireless mobile phone, a method of operation comprising:
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monitoring one or more of a user'"'"'s key stroking patterns of touch sensitive keys of an input keypad, wherein each said key stroking pattern is composed of one or more stroke pattern directions with each stroke pattern direction defined by a stroking of two or more adjacent ones of said touch sensitive keys; and
in response, determining alphanumeric data or commands corresponding to the stroking pattern, and generating digital representations of the determined alphanumeric data/commands. - 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 wireless mobile phone comprising:
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an input keypad having a plurality of physical touch sensitive keys, each having one or more light emitting diodes (LED); and
means coupled to the input keypad to interpret key stroking patterns of said touch sensitive keys by a user to facilitate entry of alphanumeric data or commands, wherein said means further lights said LEDs of said touch sensitive keys to visually echo the key stroking patterns being imparted by a user of said wireless mobile phone.
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42. In a wireless mobile phone, a method of operation comprising:
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monitoring one or more of a user'"'"'s key stroking patterns of physical touch sensitive keys of an input keypad, each of said touch sensitive keys having one or more light emitting diodes (LED); and
in response, determining alphanumeric data or commands corresponding to the stroking pattern, generating digital representations of the determined alphanumeric data/commands, and lighting said LEDs of said touch sensitive keys to visually echo an observed key stroking pattern.
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43. In a wireless mobile phone, a method of operation comprising:
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performing a first operation associated with an ancillary function of said wireless mobile phone including entry of a first data or command by imparting a first stroking pattern of one or more touch sensitive keys of an input keypad of said wireless mobile phone; and
performing a second operation associated with said ancillary function of said wireless mobile phone including entry of a second data or command by imparting a second stroking pattern of one or more touch sensitive keys of said input keypad of said wireless mobile phone, wherein at least one of said first and second stroking patterns is composed of one or more stroke pattern directions with each stroke pattern direction defined by a stroking of two or more adjacent ones of said touch sensitive keys. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45)
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46. A wireless mobile phone comprising:
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an input keypad having a plurality of touch sensitive keys; and
a micro-controller and associated memory, including programming instructions stored therein, coupled to the input keypad to interpret stroking patterns of said touch sensitive keys by a user to facilitate entry of alphanumeric data or commands, wherein at least one of said first and second stroking patterns is composed of one or more stroke pattern directions with each stroke pattern direction defined by a stroking of two or more adjacent ones of said touch sensitive keys.
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47. In a wireless mobile phone, a method of operation comprising:
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monitoring one or more of a user'"'"'s key stroking patterns of physical touch sensitive keys of an input keypad, each of said touch sensitive keys having one or more light emitting diodes (LED); and
in response, lighting said LEDs of said touch sensitive keys to visually echo an observed key stroking pattern.
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