Motorola Corporation

Nickolaos Pete Lagen

Jeffrey Ricks Stripling

David Patrick Kilp

Ardsley Pihl Congdon, Jr

Sandra Gonzalez Higginbotham

Mark Allan Beckwith

Keith Thomas Grandin

Richard Anthony White

David Richard Becker

In an electronic device having a keyboard (120) and a display (116), a processing system (106) displays on the display a message entered through the keyboard and selects a supplemental mode, in response to entry of a first predetermined key sequence by a user. The supplemental mode is selected in accordance with the first predetermined key sequence, from at least one of a group of supplemental modes included in the electronic device. The group of supplemental modes comprise an acronym mode (200), a supplemental scrolling keyboard mode (300), a predictive character pairing mode (301), a predictive menuing mode (400), and a bi-directional delete mode (500). The electronic device operates in accordance with the supplemental mode until an occurrence of at least one of (a) the user entering a second predetermined key sequence and (b) the supplemental mode executing to completion.

Method and apparatus for supplementing a keyboard and for helping a user

An electronic device (100) includes a processor (808) for processing a message (110), and a display (114) electrically coupled to the processor for displaying an image including the message. The display is constructed and arranged such that the image is viewable from first and second sides (116, 118) of the display, the first and second sides facing opposite one another.

Electronic device with display viewable from two opposite ends

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Nickolaos Pete Lagen