Patent ID: 8466877

Claim:
A method of navigating through a layout of a keyboard in a keypad in an electronic device, the method comprising: associating a first set of characters in a QWERTY keyboard layout with a segment of programmable keys in the keypad, the QWERTY keyboard layout comprising at least a left and a right column of keys; navigating through the QWERTY keyboard layout for the programmable keys using first and second directional keys providing upper and lower navigation controls for the segment of programmable keys when the first set of characters is from the right column of keys in the QWERTY keyboard layout; associating the segment of keys with a second set of characters in the QWERTY keyboard layout based on a signal received from the first and second direction keys; and when either the first or second directional key is activated as an activated directional key and implementing a direction associated with the activated directional key would map the programmable keys to the left column of keys, taking the second set of characters in the QWERTY keyboard from the left column of keys.