Method and apparatus for entering information in a mobile device with special characters
US6868280B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 2, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0233
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of changing an alphabetic character to a variant character when entering information or messages in a mobile phone or a game console or the like. The variant character can be a diacritical variation or a tonal variation of the alphabetic character. After an alphabetic character is entered and displayed on a display device, the star key in the keypad can be used to replace the displayed alphabetic character with a desired one of the variants.
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