Patent ID: 6034689
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: G06F,G09G,H01H,H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
In a client system in communication with at least one remote server system, the client system being coupled to a display devise a method of helping a user to navigate through an interactive display environment including a plurality of hypertext objects, the method comprising:causing an image of a keyboard to be displayed on the display device, the image including a plurality of soft buttons representing alphanumeric characters;receiving a first user input from the remote input device, the first user input for selecting one of the alphanumeric characters by specifying a direction of movement of a selection indicator among the soft buttons;receiving a second user input for entering one of the soft buttons;andinputting one of the alphanumeric characters as a selection in response to the second user input.