Patent ID: 8259075
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A keyboard on a mobile computing device, the keyboard comprising: a plurality of keys having a first character value and a second character value, the plurality of keys configured in a layout in which a row of keys of the plurality of keys includes consecutive characters corresponding to the first character value of ‘Q’, ‘W’, ‘E’, ‘R’, ‘T’, and ‘Y’, and the second character values corresponding to one of a plurality of groupings, the groupings including mathematical functions, punctuation functions, and numerical values, each grouping of the plurality of groupings comprising adjacent keys of the plurality of keys; and a symbol key, the symbol key configured to toggle the plurality of keys to correspond to the second character value on each key having a first character value and a second character value, the symbol key further configured to have a plurality of states, a first state corresponding to a single-time selection of the second character value of a key having the first character value and the second character value and a second state corresponding to successive selection of the second character value of keys having the first character value and the second character value.