Patent ID: 8890719

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a keypad having a plurality of input keys with each of the plurality of input keys assigned a first alphabetic value, and each of a subset of the input keys assigned a second alphabetic value, wherein, for each of the input keys having both a first alphabetic value and a second alphabetic value: each of the assigned second alphabetic values has a lower frequency of use than the corresponding assigned first alphabetic value of the corresponding input key; each of the assigned first alphabetic values is substantially positioned in a first location on respective faces of their respective corresponding input keys of the subset of input keys; each of the assigned second alphabetic values is substantially positioned in a second location on respective faces of their respective corresponding input keys of the subset of input keys; the first alphabetic values and the second alphabetic values together form substantially a standard QWERTY keyboard layout wherein: at least a first key from the plurality of input keys represents first two alphabetic values that are transposed from their orientation on a QWERTY keyboard layout; and at least a second key from the plurality of input keys represents second two alphabetic values that are maintained from their orientation on a QWERTY keyboard layout; a single activation of a selected input key of the subset of input keys results in selection of the first alphabetic value of the selected input key and an additional activation of the selected input key results in selection of the corresponding second alphabetic value of the selected input key; and a processor, coupled to the keypad to receive a signal indicating the selection of the alphabetic value.