Patent Document ID: 8127244
Application ID: 11563910

Base Claim:
1. A method of displaying an available character capacity in a character entry window, comprising: calculating the available character capacity and available character capacity percentage based on characters entered by a user; displaying the entered characters in the character entry window; displaying an indication of the available character capacity at a position in the character entry window adjacent to a last character entered by the user when the available character capacity percentage is between a first value and a second value, wherein the position of the displayed indication of the available character capacity automatically changes to a new corresponding position for each of a plurality of additional characters entered by the user; changing the color, of the indication of the available character capacity when the available character capacity percentage is between the second value and a third value, wherein the second value is less than the first value and the second value is greater than the third value; and changing a display type of the indication of the available character capacity from a number to a text when the available character capacity percentage is zero.

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Claim 8:
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the characters entered by the user are underlined.