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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2009
Manasi Padhy, Bangalore, IN;
Ashwin Kumar T.c., Bangalore, IN;
Ravi Kant Singh, Bangalore, IN;
Raghavendra Mylarappa, Bangalore, IN;
Sachin Vyas, Bangalore, IN;
Manasi Padhy, Bangalore, IN;
Ashwin Kumar T.C., Bangalore, IN;
Ravi Kant Singh, Bangalore, IN;
Raghavendra Mylarappa, Bangalore, IN;
Sachin Vyas, Bangalore, IN;
ST-Ericsson SA, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Abstract
Described herein are methods and systems for performing functions associated with a non-functional key of a keyboard present on electronic devices such as cell-phones, telephones, ATMs, etc. The electronic device is operated in a non-functional key (NFK) coding mode using NFK codes () that are provided to a memory component () of the electronic device (). In the NFK coding mode, a user is allowed to enter functional keys in a coded sequence. Based on the NFK codes (), the coded sequence is used to identify a function associated with a non-functional key of the keyboard and the identified function is indicated to a processor () of the electronic device () for execution.