Mobile wireless communications device to display a cursor based upon a selected keyboard mode and associated methods
US8830176B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 2009 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2250/70
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing to carry a wireless transceiver, a display, a keyboard, and a processor cooperating with the wireless transceiver to perform at least one wireless communication function. The processor also cooperates with the display and the keyboard to permit selection of a keyboard mode from among a plurality of different keyboard modes, at least one of the keyboard modes having multiple different letters selectable from a given key. The processor generates a respective different cursor on the display based upon the selected keyboard mode.
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