Patent ID: 8826167
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A text input method of a portable terminal, the method comprising: displaying, when a text input mode is activated, a virtual keypad including a plurality of key regions, each key region being assigned plural letters; compounding, when a touch movement event is detected on the virtual keypad, each of the plural letters assigned to a first key region to which a touch-down event is made with each of the plural letters assigned to a second key region to which a touch-up event is made into a plurality of new key regions, each new key region comprising a compound letter consisting of a first letter from one of the first key region and the second key region and a second letter from the other of the first key region and the second key region, wherein each compound letter of each new key region is different from the compound letters in each of the other new key regions; displaying the plurality of compound letters; and inputting, when a compound letter is selected from the displayed plurality of compound letters, the compound letter selected.