Patent ID: 9367240
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A mobile communications device comprising a touch screen display, at least one processor, memory, and at least one program, wherein the at least one program is stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the at least one processor, the at least one program including instructions for: a) providing on the touch screen display a message field for displaying characters entered by a mobile communications device user; b) providing on the touch screen display a soft keyboard including a plurality of rows of soft keys, the soft keys including character keys which when touched by the user enter characters into the message field; and c) providing on the touch screen display a plurality of visual foveal echo fields, each one of the plurality of echo fields located between different consecutive rows of the plurality of rows of soft keys and providing an unobstructed view of the consecutive rows, each echo field for containing at least a subset of any characters entered by the user into the message field, for containing only characters entered by the user, and for containing the characters in the order entered wherein: