Patent ID: 7973764
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for modifying attributes of characters in text displayed on a touch screen of a device, the method comprising: displaying an input table according to a first character attribute at the touch screen; determining that an input point in the text is repositioned from a first location to a second location, wherein the first location is associated with the first character attribute, and wherein the second location is designated according to a portion of the touch screen touched by a user; identifying a second character attribute associated with a character located next to the second location and further associated with a character located next to a space character if the character located next to the second location is the space character; controlling an enlarging or highlighting of a display of the character located next to the second location or the character located next to the space character and associated with the second character attribute, wherein the display of the character located next to the second location or the character located next to the space character is enlarged or highlighted different than a display of all other characters displayed on the touch screen; changing, independent of operation by the user, a character attribute associated with the second location to match the second character attribute; and changing, independent of the operation by the user, the input table displayed on the touch screen according to the changed character attribute associated with the second location, wherein the second character attribute comprises a code including a most significant bit (MSB), and wherein identifying the second character attribute comprises: