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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
May. 13, 2019
Orange, Paris, FR;
ORANGE, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for inputting at least one character by way of a user interface of an electronic device. The method includes: detecting a scrolling command performed by way of a command input element; displaying a current character in a display area by scrolling through a current set of characters, triggered by the detection of the scrolling command; detecting a selection of the current character; determining a new restricted set of characters on the basis of the current set of characters, the new set including the selected character and a selection of characters surrounding the selected character and becoming the current set of characters for a following iteration of the display of the scrolling of characters; and detecting a confirmation of the current character by way of the command input element, putting an end to the iterations.