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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2007
Changxue MA, Barrington, IL (US);
Wei Lin, Lake Zurich, TX (US);
Li-xin Zhen, Shanghai, CN;
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A portable electronic communication device, designed for voice and data communication is utilized as a peripheral input device for transmitting/providing character inputs, entered in the first device's touch input mechanism, to a second electronic device. The first device has a mode switching utility that switches the first device between a first standard communication mode and a second peripheral input device mode. When the first device is in the second peripheral input device mode, the first device operates as a peripheral input device for the second device. A character input recognition utility executes on the first device to provide the functions of: detecting an input on the touch screen input mechanism; generating an electronic representation of the input; establishing a communication link between the second communication transmitter and an identified second device; and forwarding the electronic representation of the character input to the communication transmitter for transmission to the identified second device.