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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventor:
Melecio Leano Mortel, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/023 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0219 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0233 (2013.01); G06F 3/0236 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile device has a user interface comprising a plurality of keys arranged in a plurality of groups. A processor is operatively coupled to the user input device to receive user input from the user input device and to identify which group of keys has received the user input. A display is operatively coupled to the processor for displaying characters corresponding to the keys of the group in response to the user input. The keys may have capacitive touch sensors with haptic feedback.