Patent ID: 7311454
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a keyboard panel having a QWERTY array of alphabetic key actuation indicia; a QWERTY array of keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia and are located adjacent to corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel; an output device responsive to actuation of the keys; and a processing device operatively coupled between the keys and the output device; wherein the keyboard panel further has a telephone keypad array of numerical key actuation indicia located in spaces extending horizontally between keys that are part of the QWERTY array; and wherein the keys are horizontally spaced apart from each other in the rows of the QWERTY array, and all of the corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel are located in the spaces extending horizontally between the keys.