Patent ID: 8160621

Claim:
A method for writing a character message in a mobile telecommunication handset, the method comprising: receiving text input via a keypad of the mobile telecommunication handset, the received text input comprising the character message on a message-writing window of the mobile telecommunication handset; displaying text corresponding to the text input on an initial on-screen display area of the message-writing window; detecting a display area change input indicating that text corresponding to subsequent text input is to be displayed on at least one subsequent on-screen display area of the message-writing window; receiving the subsequent text input via the keypad, the received subsequent text input comprising a continuation of the character message on the message-writing window; displaying the text corresponding to the subsequent text input on the at least one subsequent on-screen display area of the message-writing window; displaying a bar icon along an edge of an on-screen display area on the message writing window to indicate an existence of text within both the initial on-screen display area and the at least one subsequent on-screen display area; displaying a count number on the message-writing window related to an amount of text input for the character message; and transmitting the character message via a mobile communications network after composition of the message on the message-writing window has been completed.