H04M 2250/70
Methods for entering alphabetical characters
Official title: methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation
H04M2250/70 (Methods for entering alphabetical characters) appears on 458 US grants and 680 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- User interfaces for customizing graphical objects17 Feb 2026US 12,554,381 B2Apple Inc.
- Portable electronic device, method, and graphical user interface for displaying a vertical bar with scrollable content18 Nov 2025US 12,474,828 B2Apple Inc.
- Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for initiating a payment action in a messaging session27 May 2025US 12,314,560 B2Apple Inc.
- Mobile terminal capable of displaying input method editor (IME) and control method for same1 Apr 2025US 12,267,454 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Information input device, information input method, information input control program, and electronic device21 May 2026US 2026/0140622 A1NEC Corporation
- Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Synchronized Viewing of Media Item in a Messaging Session19 Jun 2025US 2025/0199677 A1Apple Inc.
- Fulfillment of actionable requests ahead of a user selecting a particular autocomplete suggestion for completing a current user input5 Jun 2025US 2025/0181830 A1Google Inc.
- Information input device, information input method, information input control program, and electronic device2 Jan 2025US 2025/0004635 A1NEC Corporation
- Portable electronic device, method, and graphical user interface for displaying electronic documents and lists15 Aug 2024US 2024/0272787 A1Apple Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mobile station with touch input having automatic symbol magnification function702US 6,073,036 ANokia Mobile Phones Ltd. · 2000
- Control of miniature personal digital assistant using menu and thumbwheel642US 5,825,353 A1998
- Orientation-sensitive signal output466US 7,389,591 B2GestureTek, Inc. · 2008
- Data entry apparatus having a limited number of character keys and method294US 6,204,848 B1Motorola, Inc. · 2001
- Communication terminal having a predictive editor application292US 7,725,838 B2Nokia Corporation · 2010