Method and touch-sensitive apparatus for searching entries in a stored list
First Claim
1. A method in an electronic device having a touch sensitive user interface of searching entries in a stored list, comprising:
- receiving, with one or more processors comprising instructions to implement the method, a search actuation from the touch sensitive user interface; and
presenting, on the touch sensitive user interface, a reference character set for the stored list as reference character ranges on a matrix of A.times.B touch sensitive keys;
wherein the reference character ranges are less or equal in number than A.times.B; and
wherein each reference character range is presented on a different key;
detecting, with the one or more processors, actuation of one key of the matrix of A.times.B touch sensitive keys; and
presenting, with the one or more processors, a secondary reference character set on the matrix of A.times.B touch sensitive keys, andomitting presentation of reference characters from the secondary reference character set not corresponding to the at least one entry of the stored list;
wherein each reference character of the secondary reference character set is within a reference character range presented on the one key prior to actuation.
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Abstract
A method (300) in an electronic device (100) having a touch sensitive display (102) for searching entries in a stored list includes presenting (302) a reference character set as reference character ranges on an A by B matrix (103) of touch sensitive keys (120,121,122,123,124,125). Upon actuating a touch sensitive key having a reference character range presented thereon, the touch sensitive keys (120,121,122,123,124,125) are reconfigured to present (306) a secondary reference character set having alphanumeric characters within the reference character range presented on the touch sensitive key prior to actuation. Upon actuating a touch sensitive key having an alphanumeric character presented thereon, the alphanumeric character is added (308) to a search string indicator (111). Soft keys (104,105) and a soft key identification line (106) may be used in conjunction with the A by B matrix (103).
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19 Claims
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1. A method in an electronic device having a touch sensitive user interface of searching entries in a stored list, comprising:
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receiving, with one or more processors comprising instructions to implement the method, a search actuation from the touch sensitive user interface; and presenting, on the touch sensitive user interface, a reference character set for the stored list as reference character ranges on a matrix of A.times.B touch sensitive keys; wherein the reference character ranges are less or equal in number than A.times.B; and wherein each reference character range is presented on a different key; detecting, with the one or more processors, actuation of one key of the matrix of A.times.B touch sensitive keys; and presenting, with the one or more processors, a secondary reference character set on the matrix of A.times.B touch sensitive keys, and omitting presentation of reference characters from the secondary reference character set not corresponding to the at least one entry of the stored list; wherein each reference character of the secondary reference character set is within a reference character range presented on the one key prior to actuation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A wireless communication device, comprising:
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a processor; a contact list application, operable with the processor, configured to store contacts as entries in a stored list; a touch sensitive display, operable with the processor, and configured to present a three-by-two matrix of touch sensitive keys on the touch sensitive display; and a search module, operable with the processor and the contact list application to find a contact, and configured to present partitioned alphanumeric character ranges on the touch sensitive keys; wherein when a user actuates a touch sensitive key, the search module is configured to present only alphanumeric characters both within a partitioned alphanumeric character range presented on the touch sensitive key prior to actuation by the user and corresponding to entries in the stored list along the three-by-two matrix of touch sensitive keys. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. In address book application operating in a communication device having a touch sensitive user interface, a method of selecting an entry using the touch sensitive user interface, comprising:
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presenting, with one or more processors comprising instructions to implement the method, alphanumeric character ranges in a three-by-two matrix of touch sensitive keys on the touch sensitive user interface, wherein each alphanumeric character range is presented on a different touch sensitive key; detecting, with the one or more processors, actuation of one of the touch sensitive keys; presenting, with the one or more processors, alphanumeric characters on the touch sensitive keys, wherein each of the alphanumeric characters corresponds to both an alphanumeric character range presented on the one of the touch sensitive keys prior to actuation and at least one entry of a stored list of the address book application; detecting actuation of another of the touch sensitive keys; and presenting, with the one or more processors, an alphanumeric character presented on the another of the touch sensitive keys in a search string indicator. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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