Patent ID: 7663510
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A physical keyboard for a handheld mobile communication device comprising: a plurality of keys with corresponding indicia including keys simultaneously presenting associated alphabetic indicia and associated numeric indicia, said alphabetic indicia correspond to letters A-Z that are arranged in a QWERTY pattern and said numeric indicia correspond to at least numerals 1-9 that are arranged in an ITU Standard E.161 phone keypad pattern, at least some of said numerals and at least some of said letters are presented on the same keys, and wherein said keys that present alphabetic indicia number fewer than 26, wherein the numerals 1-9 are associated with keys in a first, third and fifth columns such that the columns containing numerals 1-9 are spaced from each other by one column width.