Handheld electronic device providing assisted entry of contact information, and associated method
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating the entry of information for a contact to be stored by an address book application of a handheld electronic device, the method comprising:
- providing on a display of said handheld electronic device, a contact data entry screen having a plurality of fields for receiving data to be stored by said address book application in association with said contact;
receiving at the handheld electronic device while it is in an alphanumeric entry mode first information in a first one of said fields of said contact data entry screen;
determining whether said first information includes a “
P” and
an “
O”
characters;
if it is determined that said first information includes a “
P” and
an “
O”
characters, then automatically;
entering a text string “
P.O. Box”
or a derivative of the text string “
P.O. Box”
, in said first one of said fields;
placing a cursor after the text string; and
shifting the handheld electronic device from the alphanumeric entry mode to a numeric entry mode for manual entry of a post office box number in said first one of said fields.
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Abstract
A method of facilitating the entry of information for a contact to be stored by an address book application of a handheld electronic device, wherein the information is entered into a plurality of fields. The method includes receiving first information in a first one of the fields, and determining whether the first information can be used to determine second information for entry in one of the fields. If it is determined that the first information can be used to determine the second information, the method includes entering the second information in either the first one of the fields or another one of the fields. Also, a handheld electronic device having one or more routines that are adapted to implement the method described above.
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Citations
18 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating the entry of information for a contact to be stored by an address book application of a handheld electronic device, the method comprising:
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providing on a display of said handheld electronic device, a contact data entry screen having a plurality of fields for receiving data to be stored by said address book application in association with said contact;
receiving at the handheld electronic device while it is in an alphanumeric entry mode first information in a first one of said fields of said contact data entry screen;determining whether said first information includes a “
P” and
an “
O”
characters;if it is determined that said first information includes a “
P” and
an “
O”
characters, then automatically;entering a text string “
P.O. Box”
or a derivative of the text string “
P.O. Box”
, in said first one of said fields;placing a cursor after the text string; and shifting the handheld electronic device from the alphanumeric entry mode to a numeric entry mode for manual entry of a post office box number in said first one of said fields. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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3. A handheld electronic device having an address book application, comprising:
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a display; a processor; and a memory in electronic communication with said processor, said memory storing one or more routines executable by said processor for facilitating the entry of information for a contact to be stored by said address book application, said one or more routines being adapted to; provide a contact data entry screen on said display, said contact data entry screen having a plurality of fields for receiving data to be stored by said address book application in association with said contact; receive first information in a first one of said fields of said contact data entry screen while said handheld electronic device is in an alphanumeric entry mode; determine whether said first information includes a “
P” and
an “
O”
characters;if it is determined that said first information includes a “
P” and
an “
O”
characters, then automatically;enter a text string “
P.O. Box”
or a derivative of the text string “
P.O. Box”
, in said first one of said fields;place a cursor after the text string; and shift the handheld electronic device from the alphanumeric entry mode to a numeric entry mode for manual entry of a post office box number in said first one of said fields. - View Dependent Claims (4, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A tangible computer program product comprising computer-readable medium having non-transitory computer-readable code embodied therein executable by a processor of a handheld electronic device having a memory and an address book application to cause the handheld electronic device to facilitate entry of information for a contact to be stored by the address book application, said computer-readable code being adapted to:
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provide a contact data entry screen on said display, said contact data entry screen having a plurality of fields for receiving data to be stored by said address book application in association with said contact; receive first information in a first one of said fields of said contact data entry screen while said handheld electronic device is in an alphanumeric entry mode; determine whether said first information includes a “
P” and
an “
O”
characters;if it is determined that said first information includes a “
P” and
an “
O”
characters, then automatically;enter a text string “
P.O. Box”
or a derivative of the text string “
P.O. Box”
, in said first one of said fields;place a cursor after the text string; and shift the handheld electronic device from the alphanumeric entry mode to a numeric entry mode for manual entry of a post office box number in said first one of said fields. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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Specification