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Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2011
Applicant:

Martin George Albert Guthrie, Moffat, CA;

Inventor:
Assignee:

Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

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

The disclosure relates to a system and method of mapping a layout of a keyboard onto a keypad in an electronic device. The method comprises: associating a first set of characters in a QWERTY keyboard layout with a segment of programmable keys in the keypad, the QWERTY keyboard layout comprising at least a left and a right column of keys; navigating through the QWERTY keyboard layout for the programmable keys using first and second directional keys providing upper and lower navigation controls for the segment of programmable keys when the first set of characters is from the right column of keys in the QWERTY keyboard layout; and associating the segment of keys with a second set of characters in the QWERTY keyboard layout based on a signal received from the first and second direction keys.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Guthrie, Martin George Albert. (2013). System and method for associating characters to keys in a keypad in an electronic device (U.S. Patent No. 8466877). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8466877

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