Alternative inputs of a mobile communications device
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1. A mobile communications device comprising:
- a display device having touchscreen functionality;
a keyboard having a plurality of physical keys that include a dedicated key and letter keys arranged according to a QWERTY layout; and
one or more modules that are configured to output a user interface on the display device responsive to selection of the dedicated key and further configured to load a library of characters for display on the display device responsive to selection of the dedicated key, the user interface having a plurality of portions that are selectable via the touchscreen functionality to cause input of a respective one of a plurality of emoticons from an emoticon library.
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Abstract
In an implementation, a mobile communications device includes a display device having touchscreen functionality, a keyboard having a plurality of physical keys that include a dedicated key and letter keys arranged according to a QWERTY layout, and one or more modules. The one or more modules are configured to output a user interface on the display device responsive to selection of the dedicated key, the user interface having a plurality of portions that are selectable via the touchscreen functionality to cause input of a respective one of a plurality of emoticons.
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20 Claims
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1. A mobile communications device comprising:
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a display device having touchscreen functionality; a keyboard having a plurality of physical keys that include a dedicated key and letter keys arranged according to a QWERTY layout; and one or more modules that are configured to output a user interface on the display device responsive to selection of the dedicated key and further configured to load a library of characters for display on the display device responsive to selection of the dedicated key, the user interface having a plurality of portions that are selectable via the touchscreen functionality to cause input of a respective one of a plurality of emoticons from an emoticon library. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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outputting a library of characters for display on a user interface on a display device of a mobile communications device responsive to selection of a dedicated physical key of a keyboard that includes a plurality of letter keys; and receiving a selection of a portion of the user interface via touchscreen functionality of the mobile communications device to cause input of a respective one of a plurality of emoticons from an emoticon library. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A mobile communications device comprising:
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a display device having touchscreen functionality; a keyboard having a plurality of physical keys that includes; letter keys arranged according to a QWERTY layout; and a dedicated key that is selectable solely to cause output of a library of characters for display on a user interface on the display device having a plurality of portions that are selectable via the touchscreen functionality to cause input of a respective one of a plurality of emoticons from an emoticon library. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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