Patent ID: 8296676

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a display; a user input device; a memory; and a processor in communication with the memory, the display, and the user input device, where the processor is operable to: direct display of a plurality of first single character user input controls in a first multi-control display region on the display; direct display of a first multi-character user input control in a first single control display region on the display, where the first multi-control display region that comprises the plurality of the first single character user input controls is larger than the first single control display region that comprises the first multi-character user input control; replace the first multi-character user input control with a plurality of second single character user input controls in response to receipt of a selection signal from the user input device indicative of a user selection of the first multi-character user input control, where the second single character user input controls are displayed in an expanded display region that includes the first single control display region, the expanded display region being a second multi-control display region that is larger than the first single control display region; and replace the first single character user input controls with a second multi-character user input control in response to the receipt of the selection signal indicative of the user selection of the first multi-character user input control, where the second multi-character user input control is displayed in a second single control region that is smaller than the first multi-control display region.