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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2005
Applicants:

Tracy D. Schultz, Bellevue, WA (US);

Lindsey R. Noll, Seattle, WA (US);

Judy C. Tandog, Seattle, WA (US);

Michael J. Hone, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Tracy D. Schultz, Bellevue, WA (US);

Lindsey R. Noll, Seattle, WA (US);

Judy C. Tandog, Seattle, WA (US);

Michael J. Hone, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In an embodiment, a software keyboard includes a software key with a first label and a second label, where both the first and the second label are visible. The first label may be displayed on the software key so as to indicate that the first label is active. In an embodiment, the user may provide an input so as to make the second label active and the change may be indicated on the software key. In an embodiment, the arrangement of the first and second labels may be adjusted in response to a resizing of the software keyboard.


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