Patent ID: 7779364

Claim:
A shift free keyboard input system comprising: a document processing device operable to complete at least one selected document processing operation on an electronic document; a controller associated with the document processing device, the controller including a processor and associated memory, the controller operable to commence operation of the document processing device to perform operations based on user-supplied character input; and a display generator operable to concurrently generate alphanumeric and symbolic keyboard indicia on a touch-screen interface of the document processing device in accordance with an operation of the document processing device requiring alphanumeric and symbolic user input as determined by the controller, the keyboard indicia including a user input area including a plurality of letter entry keys and a plurality of non-letter character keys arranged in a standardized keyboard layout; each of the plurality of non-letter character keys including an adjacent, concurrently viewable non-letter character key corresponding to a secondary character associated with a shift thereof on a standardized keyboard, on the standardized keyboard layout such that each function is available concurrently via a single keystroke selection and a separate input without selection of the shift key.