Reduced keypad
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first plurality of input keys disposed on the body, at least some input keys of the first plurality of input keys being associated with both a numeric value and a first set of alphabetic values, at least some of the input keys of the first plurality of input keys being arranged in a first alphabetic keypad layout based on their respective first sets of alphabetic values; and
a second plurality of input keys disposed on the body, and positioned adjacent to the first plurality of input keys, at least some input keys of the second plurality of input keys being associated with at least one alphabetic value, at least some of the input keys of the second plurality of input keys being arranged in a second alphabetic keypad layout different from the first alphabetic keypad layout and wherein at least some input keys of the first plurality of input keys have a second set of alphabetic values that is used as part of the second alphabetic keypad layout.
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided with a first plurality of input keys. Each of the first plurality of input keys is associated with at least one numeric value and at least one alphabetic value and arranged in a numeric and first alphabetic telephone keypad arrangement. The apparatus is also provided with a second plurality of input keys that are at least partially surrounding the first plurality of input keys. At least some of the second plurality of input keys are associated with at least one alphabetic value. Further, input keys of the first and the second plurality of input keys are arranged relative to each other to form a second alphabetic arrangement.
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28 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a body; a first plurality of input keys disposed on the body, at least some input keys of the first plurality of input keys being associated with both a numeric value and a first set of alphabetic values, at least some of the input keys of the first plurality of input keys being arranged in a first alphabetic keypad layout based on their respective first sets of alphabetic values; and a second plurality of input keys disposed on the body, and positioned adjacent to the first plurality of input keys, at least some input keys of the second plurality of input keys being associated with at least one alphabetic value, at least some of the input keys of the second plurality of input keys being arranged in a second alphabetic keypad layout different from the first alphabetic keypad layout and wherein at least some input keys of the first plurality of input keys have a second set of alphabetic values that is used as part of the second alphabetic keypad layout. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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a body; a first plurality of input keys disposed on the body, each of the first plurality of input keys associated with at least one numeric value and at least one alphabetic value and arranged in a numeric and first alphabetic telephone keypad arrangement; a second plurality of input keys disposed on the body, and at least partially surrounding the first plurality of input keys from at least two sides, at least some of the second plurality of input keys associated with at least one alphabetic value and wherein input keys of the first and the second plurality of input keys are arranged relative to each other to form a second alphabetic arrangement; and a processor, coupled to the first and the second plurality of input keys to detect one or more key activations at the first or the second plurality of input keys, the one or more key activations corresponding to a selection of one or more of the associated alphabetic or numeric values. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus, comprising:
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four rows of data entry keys, each of the four rows including a plurality of keys wherein each of the keys in at least three rows is assigned a set of characters from a plurality of sets, each of the sets including at least one character; wherein of five keys of a firs row is correspondingly assigned the set Q,W, the set E,R, the set T,U, the set I,Y, and the set O,P, each of five keys of a second row is correspondingly assigned the set A,S, the set D,F, the set G,H, the set J,K, and the set L, and each of four keys of a third row is assigned the set Z,X, the set C,V, the set B,N, and the set M; and a controller including a key map, the key map to map a combination of one or more key activations and a data entry key to a corresponding character included in the plurality of sets of characters. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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