Patent ID: 8564461
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A handheld electronic device comprising; a processing apparatus comprising a processor; an input apparatus comprising a plurality of input members and being structured to provide input to the processor apparatus, a first set of the input members each having a Roman character assigned thereto, at least some of the input members in the first set of the input members having a first non-Roman character, a second non-Roman character, and a third non-Roman character assigned thereto, wherein said non-Roman characters are from a first language having one or more rules that govern permissible character sequences; an output apparatus structured to received output signals from the processor apparatus; and a memory having stored therein a number of routines which, when executed on the processor, cause the handheld electronic device to be selectively switchable between: (i) a Roman character input mode, and (ii) a non-Roman character input mode, wherein in said Roman character input mode, each said Roman character may be selected and input into said processor apparatus for display on said output apparatus in response to actuation of the input member to which it is assigned, and in said non-Roman character input mode,