VIRTUAL KEYBOARD DISPLAY HAVING A TICKER PROXIMATE TO THE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD

• US 20130187868A1
• Filed: 08/10/2012
• Published: 07/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: GRIFFIN, Jason Tyler, HAMILTON, Alistair Robert, BOCKING, Andrew Douglas, LAZARIDIS, Mihal
• Granted Patent: US 9,557,913 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A method comprising receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard rendered on a display, and displaying the input character left of a cursor located within a ticker rendered on the display proximate to the virtual keyboard, wherein the cursor has a set position located towards a centre of the ticker.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive screen; and

a processor configured to;

display in a display area of the touch-sensitive screen a virtual keyboard;

display within the virtual keyboard a plurality of keys, each of at least some of the keys corresponding to one or more different characters of a plurality of characters;

display within the display area a viewing pane configured to hold a predetermined amount of text;

display within the display area a ticker proximate to the virtual keyboard;

enable display, responsive to each touch input associated with a selected one of the plurality of keys, of a corresponding input character left of a cursor in the ticker; and

maintain display of the cursor in the ticker at a set position equidistant relative to the right edge of the ticker and to the left edge of the ticker within the display area.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to successively display at the set position input characters responsive to each touch input.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display each corresponding input character in the viewing pane adjacent another cursor.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

simultaneously display each corresponding input character in the viewing pane adjacent another cursor with the display of the input character in the ticker.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

provide a scrolling marquee display of characters within the ticker responsive to the touch inputs associated with keys of the virtual keyboard while maintaining display of the cursor in the ticker at the set position.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display, at a location relative to the cursor in the ticker, one or more subsequent candidate input characters determined by a prediction process based on one or more of corresponding input characters.

6. (canceled)

8. An input method for an electronic device having a touch-sensitive screen and processor, the method comprising:

displaying in a display area of the touch-sensitive screen a virtual keyboard;

displaying within the virtual keyboard a plurality of keys, each of at least some of the keys corresponding to one or more different characters of a plurality of characters;

displaying within the display area a viewing pane configured to hold a predetermined amount of text;

displaying within the display area a ticker proximate to the virtual keyboard;

enabling display, responsive to each touch input associated with a selected one of the plurality of keys, of a corresponding input character left of a cursor in the ticker; and

maintaining display of the cursor in the ticker at a set position equidistant relative to the right edge of the ticker and to the left edge of the ticker within the display area.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to successively display at the set position input characters responsive to each touch input.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying each corresponding input character in the viewing pane adjacent another cursor.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

simultaneously displaying each corresponding input character in the viewing pane adjacent another cursor with the display of the input character in the ticker.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

providing a scrolling marquee display of characters within the ticker responsive to the touch inputs associated with keys of the virtual keyboard while maintaining display of the cursor in the ticker at the set position.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying, at a location relative to the cursor in the ticker, one or more subsequent candidate input characters determined by a prediction process based on one or more of corresponding input characters.

13. (canceled)