Patent ID: 7681146

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for concurrently accepting parameters in at least two contexts, the method comprising: receiving, in a mobile computing device, an input corresponding to a character sequence comprising at least one character, each character having a first value associated with a first operating mode, and at least one of the characters having a second value associated with a second operating mode; the mobile computing device automatically determining whether the character sequence produces a valid result in both a first context associated with the first operating mode and a second context associated with the second operating mode at the same time; responsive to the character sequence providing a valid result in the first context and not producing a valid result in the second context, the mobile computing device automatically performing a first action in the first operating mode corresponding to the first context using the first value for each character; responsive to the character sequence producing the valid result in the second context and not producing the valid result in the first context, the mobile computing device automatically performing a second action in the second operating mode corresponding to the second context using the second value for each character; responsive to the character sequence producing the valid result in the first context and the character sequence producing the valid result in the second context, performing a selection action to identify the first operating mode or the second operating mode.