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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 60', 'Application No. 05257504', 'application No. 05257504', 'application No. 05257504', 'application No. 05257504', 'application No. 05257504', 'application No. 2', 'application No. 2', 'application No. 2', 'application No. 2', 'application No. 2']

US9436363B2 - Device, system, and method for informing users of functions and characters associated with telephone keys - Google Patents
US9436363B2
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US13/946,733
US20130305179A1 (en
2010-12-20 Priority to US12/973,555 priority patent/US8527010B2/en
2013-07-19 Application filed by BlackBerry Ltd filed Critical BlackBerry Ltd
2013-07-19 Priority to US13/946,733 priority patent/US9436363B2/en
2013-08-27 Assigned to RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED reassignment RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: GRIFFIN, JASON T.
2013-11-14 Publication of US20130305179A1 publication Critical patent/US20130305179A1/en
2016-09-06 Publication of US9436363B2 publication Critical patent/US9436363B2/en
This is a continuation application of application Ser. No. 12/973,555, filed Dec. 20, 2010 and which is entitled “DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INFORMING USERS OF FUNCTIONS AND CHARACTERS ASSOCIATED WITH TELEPHONE KEYS;” which is a continuation application of application Ser. No. 11/164,803, filed on Dec. 6, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,869,832, and which is entitled “DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INFORMING USERS OF FUNCTIONS AND CHARACTERS ASSOCIATED WITH TELEPHONE KEYS;” which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/724,458, filed Oct. 7, 2005 and which is entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING NAVIGATIONAL COMMANDS ON A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND FOR INPUTTING DTMF CODES;” said applications are hereby expressly incorporated into the present application by reference, including the entirety of the written descriptions, drawings, and figures.
a keyboard including a portion with a plurality of physical keys;
a screen adapted to display an image of the keyboard separate from the keyboard; and
a processor coupled to the screen and configured to:
provide instructions for displaying on the screen a first virtual keyboard in response to the mobile device being in a text entry mode, the first virtual keyboard being a first virtual representation of the portion of the keyboard and having each of a plurality of virtual keys associated with a different indicia in a first layout, and selecting one of the plurality of physical keys results in selection of indicia associated with a corresponding key in the plurality of virtual keys in the first virtual keyboard; and
provide instructions for displaying on the screen a second virtual keyboard in response to the mobile device being in a telephony entry mode, the second virtual keyboard being a second virtual representation of the portion of the keyboard and having each of a plurality of virtual keys associated a different indicia in a second layout, with the first layout and the second layout being different, and selecting one of the plurality of physical keys results in selection of indicia associated with a corresponding key in the plurality of virtual keys in the second virtual keyboard.
2. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the screen is a touchscreen.
3. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the displayed first virtual keyboard comprises a plurality of keys with each key having associated indicia corresponding to at least one of alphabetical characters, numbers and functions.
4. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the displayed first virtual keyboard comprises a plurality of keys with each key having associated indicia with the indicia being in a QWERTY layout.
5. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the displayed first virtual keyboard comprises a plurality of keys with each key having associated indicia with the indicia being in a QWERTY layout with the associated indicia on a subset of the keys comprising a single letter on a key.
6. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the displayed first virtual keyboard further comprises a mode selection key for switching between the displayed first virtual keyboard and the second virtual keyboard.
7. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the displayed second virtual keyboard further comprises a plurality of keys arranged in four horizontally centered rows:
a first row comprising, from left to right, a key associated with the number 1, a key associated with the number 2, and a key associated with the number 3;
a second row below the first row and comprising, from left to right, a key associated with the number 4, a key associated with the number 5, and a key associated with the number 6;
a third row below the second row and comprising, from left to right, a key associated with the number 7, a key associated with the number 8, and a key associated with the number 9; and
a fourth row below the third row and comprising a key associated with the number 0.
8. The mobile device as recited in claim 7 wherein the numbers 2-9 are respectively assigned to keys A-C, D-F, G-I, J-L, M-O, P-S, T-V and W-Z.
9. The mobile device as recited in claim 8 wherein one of: an additional key is pressed, an ALT key is pressed, and a multi-tap technique is used, to enter the alphabetic character.
10. The mobile device as recited in claim 1 wherein the first layout is a non-ITU Standard E.161 keypad layout and the second layout is an ITU Standard E.161 keypad layout.
11. A non-transitory medium configured to store instructions for execution by a processor of a mobile device having a keyboard including a plurality of physical keys, the non-transitory medium including instructions to:
display, on a screen separate from the keyboard, a first virtual keyboard on a screen in response to the mobile device being in a text entry mode, the first virtual keyboard being a first virtual representation of the portion of the keyboard and having each of a plurality of virtual keys associated with a different indicia in a first layout, and selecting one of the plurality of physical keys results in selection of indicia associated with a corresponding key in the plurality of virtual keys in the first virtual keyboard; and
display on the screen separate from the keyboard, a second virtual keyboard on the screen in response to the mobile device being in a telephony entry mode, the second virtual keyboard being a second virtual representation of the portion of the keyboard and having each of a plurality of virtual keys associated a different indicia in a second layout, with the first layout and the second layout being different, and selecting one of the plurality of physical keys results in selection of indicia associated with a corresponding key in the plurality of virtual keys in the second virtual keyboard.
12. The non-transitory medium of claim 11 wherein the screen is a touchscreen.
13. The non-transitory medium of claim 11 wherein the displayed first virtual keyboard comprises a plurality of keys with each key having associated indicia corresponding to at least one of alphabetical characters, numbers and functions.
14. The non-transitory medium of claim 11 wherein the displayed first virtual keyboard comprises a plurality of keys with each key having associated indicia with the indicia being in a QWERTY layout.
15. The non-transitory medium of claim 11 wherein the displayed first virtual keyboard comprises a plurality of keys with each key having associated indicia with the indicia being in a QWERTY layout with the associated indicia on a subset of the keys comprising a single letter on a key.
16. The non-transitory medium of claim 11 wherein the displayed first virtual keyboard further comprises a mode selection key for switching between the displayed first virtual keyboard and the second virtual keyboard.
17. The non-transitory medium of claim 11 wherein the displayed second virtual keyboard further comprises a plurality of keys arranged in four horizontally centered rows:
18. The non-transitory medium of claim 17 wherein the numbers 2-9 are respectively assigned to keys A-C, D-F, G-I, J-L, M-O, P-S, T-V and W-Z.
19. The non-transitory medium of claim 18 wherein one of: an additional key is pressed, an ALT key is pressed and a multi-tap technique is used, to enter the alphabetic character.
20. The non-transitory medium of claim 11 wherein the first layout is a non-ITU Standard E.161 keypad layout and the second layout is an ITU Standard E.161 keypad layout.
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