Patent ID: 8902179

Claim:
A method for inputting text in a mobile device using a touch screen by inputting a code into the mobile device among candidate codes, wherein the candidate codes are divided into a plurality of code series, the method comprises: providing in the touch screen at least three first flick areas, which are located in a ⅓ side area at a side of a first lateral side of the touch screen; providing in the touch screen at least three second flick areas, which are located in a ⅓ side area at a side of a second lateral side of the touch screen at opposite side to the first lateral side, wherein each of the plurality of code series is associated with one of the flick areas among the first and second flick areas, each of the codes belonging to a code series is associated with a flick action at the flick area, and a plurality of fast moves to different directions at a flick area are respectively associated with the codes associated with the flick area as flick actions at the flick area; detecting a flick action at one flick area among the first flick areas and the second flick areas; and determining a code to be inputted into the mobile device from a combination 20 of the flicked flick area and the flick action.