Modified-qwerty letter layout for rapid data entry

• US 7,216,588 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2003
• Issued: 05/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dana Suess
• Original Assignee: Dana Suess
• Inventors: Suess, Dana
• Primary Examiner(s): Evanisko; Leslie J.
• Application Number:
  US10/521,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20050244208A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,470 Days
• Field of Search: 400/486, 400/489, 400/472, 345/169, 345/168, 341/22, 455/556.1, 379/433.07, 379/433.06
• US Class Current: 101/486
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0202 Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0219 Special purpose keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation methods for entering alphabetical characters per se G06F3/0237

Abstract

A data entry pad arrangement includes twenty-six letters of the Roman alphabet arranged in a matrix including six rows of three to six letters per row. Ideally, no two adjacent letters in a row of the matrix are in alphabetical order. A method for designing a data-entry interface layout including letters of the Roman alphabet thereon involves the transposition of the letters of the Roman alphabet on a three-row QWERTY keyboard into six rows, wherein a letter (optimally every other letter) within a first, second, or third row of said three-row QWERTY keyboard is placed in an additional row substantially below an adjacent letter of said first, second, or third row.

Claims

1. A data entry interface arrangement including all twenty-six letters of a top, middle, and bottom row of a standard three-row QWERTY keyboard, comprising:

a non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix consisting of a first set of two rows, a second set of two rows, and a third set of two rows, wherein said first set only consists of all letters in the top row of the QWERTY keyboard, said second set only consists of all letters in the middle row of the QWERTY keyboard, and said third set only consists of all letters in the bottom row of the QWERTY keyboard.

2. The data entry interface arrangement of claim 1, wherein said non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix includes between three and six letters per row.

3. The data entry interface arrangement of claim 1, wherein said non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix language:

QETUO

WRYIP

ADGJL

SFHK

ZCBM

XVN.

4. The data entry arrangement of claim 1, wherein each letter in each row is spaced equally from an adjacent letter.

5. The data entry interface arrangement of claim 1, wherein said non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix is manifested electronically upon a touch screen.

6. The data entry interface arrangement of claim 1, wherein said non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix is disposed upon a plurality of keys or buttons.

7. A mobile telephone for efficient entry of data, comprising:

a mobile telephone; and

a data input area including all twenty-six letters of a top, middle, and bottom row of a standard three-row QWERTY keyboard disposed upon said mobile telephone,

wherein said data input area further comprises a non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix consisting of a first set of two rows, a second set of two rows, and third set of two rows, with said first set only consisting of all letters in the top row of the QWERTY keyboard, said second set only consisting of all letters in the middle row of the QWERTY keyboard, and said third set only consisting of all letters in the bottom row of the QWERTY keyboard.

8. The mobile telephone of claim 7, wherein said non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix includes between three and six letters per row.

9. The mobile telephone of claim 7, wherein said non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix is arranged in the following manner.

QETUO

WRYIP

ADGJL

SFHK

ZCBM

XVN.

10. The mobile telephone of claim 7, wherein each letter in each row is spaced equally from an adjacent letter.

11. The mobile telephone of claim 7, wherein said non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix is manifested electronically upon a touch screen.

12. The mobile telephone of claim 7, wherein said non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix is disposed upon a plurality of keys or buttons.