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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Matias Duarte, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Jeremy D. Rossen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Wesley Yan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Sang Kyun Kim, Sungnam, KR;
Inventors:
Matias Duarte, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Jeremy D. Rossen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Wesley Yan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Sang Kyun Kim, Sungnam, KR;
Assignee:
Virgin Mobile USA LP, Warren, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for using a dedicated shared emoticon and symbol key on a keypad of a mobile electronic device. The shared key is adapted to access a menu of multiple symbols and emoticons using a toggle input and can be accessed with minimal user input and minimal user manipulation and displayed to a user or message recipient.