DYNAMIC VIRTUAL KEYBOARD RESPONSIVE TO GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
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1. A method, comprising:
- identifying a geographic location of a mobile communication device, wherein the mobile communication device has a touchscreen operable as a virtual keyboard;
identifying a first keyboard character associated with the identified geographic location that is a location-variant of a second keyboard character associated with an active standard keyboard layout of the mobile communication device; and
modifying the standard keyboard layout to make the first keyboard character more accessible within the modified keyboard layout than within the standard keyboard layout.
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Abstract
A method includes identifying a geographic location of a mobile communication device, wherein the mobile communication device has a touchscreen operable as a virtual keyboard. The method further includes identifying a first keyboard character associated with the identified geographic location that is a location-variant of a second keyboard character associated with a standard keyboard layout of the mobile communication device, and modifying the standard keyboard to make the first keyboard character more accessible within the modified keyboard layout than within the standard keyboard layout.
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1. A method, comprising:
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identifying a geographic location of a mobile communication device, wherein the mobile communication device has a touchscreen operable as a virtual keyboard; identifying a first keyboard character associated with the identified geographic location that is a location-variant of a second keyboard character associated with an active standard keyboard layout of the mobile communication device; and modifying the standard keyboard layout to make the first keyboard character more accessible within the modified keyboard layout than within the standard keyboard layout. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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