Reduced keyboard character selection system and method
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1. A mobile communication device comprising:
- a user interface including a display screen and plurality of user inputs including a reduced-key keyboard comprising a plurality of input keys of which at least one is a multi-character key associated with a plurality of alphanumeric characters; and
a processing subsystem having control software programmed to;
display a default character associated with a selected multi-character key upon a first actuation thereof;
display a cursor in the position of the default character on the display screen when a user input for inputting a request to move the cursor to a previously entered character is subsequently actuated at least one time; and
display an alternate character associated with the selected multi-character key upon a second actuation thereof.
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Abstract
A system and method of selecting a character for display in a communication device having a display and a reduced-key keyboard is provided. One of the plurality of keys on the reduced-key keyboard is selected and a default letter associated with the selected key is displayed. A backspace key is selected to display a cursor in the position of the character on the display. The key associated with the default character is selected again and an alternate character associated with the selected key is displayed in place of the default letter.
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1. A mobile communication device comprising:
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a user interface including a display screen and plurality of user inputs including a reduced-key keyboard comprising a plurality of input keys of which at least one is a multi-character key associated with a plurality of alphanumeric characters; and a processing subsystem having control software programmed to; display a default character associated with a selected multi-character key upon a first actuation thereof; display a cursor in the position of the default character on the display screen when a user input for inputting a request to move the cursor to a previously entered character is subsequently actuated at least one time; and display an alternate character associated with the selected multi-character key upon a second actuation thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of selecting a character for display in a communication device having a display screen and plurality of user inputs including a reduced-key keyboard comprising a plurality of input keys of which at least one is a multi-character key associated with a plurality of characters, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting one of a plurality of input keys on the reduced-key keyboard and displaying a default character associated with the selected key; selecting at least one time a user input for inputting a request to move cursor to a previously entered character and displaying a cursor in the position of the default character on the display screen; and selecting the selected key and displaying an alternate character associated with the selected key.
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20. A processing subsystem configured to be installed in a mobile communication device comprising a user interface including a display screen and a plurality of user inputs including a reduced-key keyboard comprising a plurality of input keys of which at least one is a multi-character key associated with a plurality of alphanumeric characters, said processing subsystem comprising:
control software programmed to display a default character associated with a selected multi-character key upon a first actuation thereof and to display a cursor in the position of the default character on the display screen when a user input for inputting a request to move the cursor to a previously entered character is subsequently actuated at least one time and to then display an alternate character associated with the selected multi-character key upon a second actuation of the multi-character key.
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