Patent ID: 8760430

Claim:
An electronic apparatus comprising: a touch panel; a display; a display module configured to display on the display a software keyboard comprising a plurality of keys; and a transmitter configured to transmit data indicative of key-down of a first key when a touch on the first key of the software keyboard is detected, the transmitter being further configured to transmit data indicative of key-down of a second key and data indicative of key-up of the first key when the second key is touched after key-down of the first key, if a touch time period of the first key is shorter than a predetermined time period; and also to transmit the data indicative of key-down of the second key and not to transmit the data indicative of key-up of the first key, when the second key is touched after key-down of the first key, if the touch time period of the first key is longer than the predetermined time period.