Patent ID: 9436291
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by at least one device for operating a keyboard, the method comprising: in response to a user selecting a first key on the keyboard in a first manner, displaying a first alphanumeric character on a display device; in response to the user selecting a second key on the keyboard in the first manner, displaying a second alphanumeric character at a location on the display device, wherein the second alphanumeric character is a first Arabic letter; in response to the user selecting the first key on the keyboard in a second manner, displaying a virtual key of a first diacritic on the display device; in response to the user selecting the virtual key of the first diacritic on the display device, displaying the first diacritic at the location of the second alphanumeric character on the display device; in response to the user selecting the second key on the keyboard in the second manner, displaying at least one virtual key of at least one second Arabic letter on the display device, wherein the at least one second Arabic letter includes a second diacritic and is related to the first Arabic letter; and in response to the user selecting the at least one virtual key of the at least one second Arabic letter on the display device, displaying the at least one second Arabic letter on the display device.