Patent ID: 8413066

Claim:
A method of presenting switching areas of a touchscreen to an observer, comprising the steps of: providing an electronic device having a touchscreen, memory, and data processing apparatus; visually displaying switching areas of the touchscreen as keys initially having visual characteristics; responsively to a first switching area being depressed such that an input is received and accepted by the device, determining and identifying a potential subsequent input to be received and accepted, by the electronic device and without user specification of any changes, as a first group switching areas which are more likely to be subsequently selected for depressing after the first switching area has been depressed such that an input has been received and accepted by the device, and determining and identifying as a second group switching areas, the second group switching areas being less than all switching areas, excluding the first group switching areas, on display, which are less likely to be subsequently selected for depressing after the first switching area has been depressed such that an input has been received and accepted by the device; and visually enhancing display of the member switching areas of the first group relative to display of the member switching areas of the second group.