Patent ID: 6791537
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for display, in a hand held computing device, of standard text characters and one or more hand entered characters entered by a user, the method comprising:(i) determining if stylus pressure to enter at least one hand entered character has been applied to a designated soft write pad; (ii) when stylus pressure has not been applied to the soft write pad portion, displaying at least one standard text character in a selected first display pattern on the soft write pad portion and returning to step (i); (iii) when the stylus pressure has been applied to the soft write pad, determining if the stylus pressure has been removed from the soft write pad portion; (iv) when the stylus pressure has not been removed from the soft write pad portion, displaying the at least one standard text character in a selected second display pattern, displaying the at least one hand entered character in a selected third display pattern that is visually distinguishable from the second display pattern, and returning to step (iii); (v) when the stylus pressure has been removed from the soft write pad portion, determining whether a selected time interval, having a selected length, including the present time, and including a time determined with reference to the time the stylus pressure was removed, has elapsed; (vi) when the stylus pressure has been removed from the soft write pad portion and the selected time interval has not elapsed, continuing to display the at least one standard text character in the second display pattern, continuing to display the at least one hand entered character in the third display pattern, on the soft write pad portion, and returning to step (v); and (vii) when the stylus pressure has been removed from the soft write pad portion and the selected time interval has elapsed, reverting to display of the at least one standard text character in the first display pattern, and returning to step (i).