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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2013
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
John Gatewood, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Kenneth Wayne Samson, Belton, MO (US);
Bhanu Prakash Voruganti, Overland Park, KS (US);
Matthew P. Hund, Olathe, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method provides for receiving commands within a mobile communications application running on a mobile communication device. The method includes monitoring text entered into a text input region of a touchscreen keyboard module within a user interface on the mobile communication device for an interrupt code, and detecting an interrupt code. The method also includes determining a command from a plurality of commands, based on user inputs following the interrupt code, identifying an action from a plurality of actions corresponding to the plurality of commands, and initiating the action corresponding to the command.