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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2012
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Sajjad Mahmood Khan, Allen, TX (US);
Joe Dean Hill, Wylie, TX (US);
Trevor Thomas Chapman, Dallas, TX (US);
Matthew Jason Rea, St. Louis, MO (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A window is displayed on a display device. The window includes at least first and second portions thereof. In response to a user selecting the first portion of the window on the display device, a first set of keys are displayed on the display device. The first set of keys are operable by the user to specify a first type of information within the first portion of the window. In response to the user selecting the second portion of the window on the display device, a second set of keys are displayed on the display device. The second set of keys are operable by the user to specify a second type of information within the second portion of the window. The second type of information includes at least some information that is unsupported by operation of the first set of keys.