Patent ID: 8301199

Claim:
A mobile apparatus comprising: an input module including a plurality of operating keys; a storage module configured to store a correspondence between a combination of a first operation and a second operation and a corresponding character, the second operation being an operation subsequent to the first operation, the first operation being an operation at a first operating key from among the plurality of operating keys, the second operation being an operation at a second operating key from among the plurality of operating keys; an extraction module configured to extract the character to be input, based on operations at the input module referring to the correspondence; and a display module including a first display area and a second display area, the second display area being different from the first display area, the display module being configured to display the character extracted by the extraction module in the first display area, wherein a combination of the first operating key and the second operating key specifies a position in a matrix whose row and column positions are defined by two respective keys and whose matrix element assigned to each position is stored in the storage module, each position in a first area of the matrix has a single character or symbol assigned thereto as a matrix element, each position in a second area of the matrix has a character string assigned thereto as a matrix element, the character string is a matrix element that is a phrase inclusive of one or more words, the character extracted by the extraction module is either a single character or symbol or a character string that is a matrix element stored in the storage unit and assigned to the specified position in the matrix, and the display module is configured to display, in the second display area, a plurality of character strings assigned to the second area of the matrix.