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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Research IN Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventor:
Norman Miner Ladouceur, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/023 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for inputting data to a mobile device using multi-character keys. A first input may be generated by pressing a multi-character key on the mobile device. In response to the first input, the mobile device may sequentially display a plurality of characters associated with the pressed multi-character key. When a desired character is displayed, a second input may be generated to select the currently displayed character as character data input.