Patent Document ID: 20090299727
Application ID: 12437645
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of transliterating non-Latin input within an e-mail address field to the Latin equivalent on a handheld electronic device, the handheld electronic device including a display, a keyboard, and a processor apparatus, the keyboard having a plurality of character keys, the processor apparatus having a processor and a memory, the processor apparatus structured to receive input from the keyboard keys and to provide output signals to the display, the memory having a number of routines stored therein, at least one keyboard routine structured to associate a character key input with a specific character, the characters being provided in a database having sets of associated characters, the sets of associated characters including at least one non-Latin character set and the Latin character set, and at least one e-mail routine structured to present an e-mail address field and to detect and present input from the keyboard character keys, the method of transliterating compromising the steps of: a) having the plurality of character keys associated with a non-Latin character set; b) detecting a character key input; c) determining which non-Latin character is associated with the actuated character key; d) presenting the non-Latin character associated with the actuated character key in the e-mail address field; e) repeating steps (b)-(d) until a trigger event occurs and then; f) redefining the character keys by associating the character keys with the Latin character set; g) converting all non-Latin character presented in the e-mail address field to the Latin equivalent of that non-Latin character; h) detecting a character key input; i) determining which Latin character is associated with the actuated character key; j) presenting the Latin character in the e-mail address field; k) repeating steps (h)-(j) until the e-mail address is complete; and l) sending the e-mail having a Latin character e-mail address.