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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kimmo Laakkonen, Salo, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd., Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341 22 ; 341 26 ; 379368 ; 345168 ; 708142 ;
Abstract
In an apparatus with a limited keypad (100, 300) several characters can be associated with each key. Characters associated with a key are determined on the basis of the language selected (200) as the operating language of the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a memory element (302) which includes a certain part (302a) for storing information indicating which set of the possible characters entered as push-button commands is in use as well as character set tables (302b-n) for selectively associating certain characters with each key on the basis of the information in said part (302a).