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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Shijun Yuan, Beijing, CN;
Mikko Repka, Oulu, FI;
Inventors:
Shijun Yuan, Beijing, CN;
Mikko Repka, Oulu, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04804 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of entering text into an electronic devicecomprising a display, the method comprising: controllingthe displayto display one or more demarcated areashaving a transparent background; detectingan input in one of the one or more demarcated areas; and in response to the detecting step controllingthe displayto display an opaque backgroundinstead of a transparent backgroundfor at least one of the one or more demarcated areasfor text entry.