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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Yanqing Cui, Beijing, CN;
Fumiko Ichikawa, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Yanqing Cui, Beijing, CN;
Fumiko Ichikawa, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a mobile communications device used in countries having a prevailing language with a large number of alphabet characters, the keypad is mapped alphabet into two groups and mapping each of the groups to the keypad to provide two independent modes of selection. The user can toggle from one mode to the other by operating a separate switch to enable selections from each of the alphabet groups.