Character entry apparatus and associated methods
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorAshley Colley
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform the following: detect, from a key user interface of an electronic device, key input of a particular key character from a first set of key characters; detect, from a user-scribe delineation user interface of the electronic device, user-scribed delineation input of a particular delineation character from a second set of delineation characters; wherein the first and sets of characters comprise respective mutually exclusive sets of characters, and wherein the apparatus is configured to associate together the particular key character and the particular delineation character for display.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory including computer program code,
- the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform the following:
- detect, from a key user interface of an electronic device, key input of a particular key character from a first set of key characters;
- detect, from a user-scribe delineation user interface of the electronic device, user-scribed delineation input of a particular delineation character from a second set of delineation characters;
- wherein the first and second sets of characters are respective mutually exclusive sets of characters, such that the characters of the first and second sets of characters are ineligible as belonging to both the first set of key characters and the second set of delineation characters in a single instance of time;
- associate together the particular key character and the particular delineation character for display;
- and
- change at least one frequently used character of the set of delineation characters to belong to the first set of key characters based on a frequency of use of the at least one frequently used delineation character, such that the at least one frequently used character is no longer recognized by the apparatus as belonging to the second set of delineation characters in an instance the at least one frequently used character is provided via the user-scribe delineation user interface.
A method comprising:
- detecting, from a key user interface of an electronic device, key input of a particular key character from a first set of key characters;
- detecting, from a user-scribe delineation user interface of the electronic device, user-scribed delineation input of a particular delineation character from a second set of delineation characters, wherein the first and second sets of characters are respective mutually exclusive sets of characters, such that the characters of the first and second sets of characters are ineligible as belonging to both the first set of key characters and the second set of delineation characters in a single instance of time;
- associating together the particular key character and the particular delineation character for display;
- and
- changing at least one frequently used character of the set of delineation characters to belong to the first set of key characters based on a frequency of use of the at least one frequently used delineation character, such that the at least one frequently used character is no longer recognized by the electronic device as belonging to the second set of delineation characters in an instance the at least one frequently used character is provided via the user-scribe delineation user interface.
A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program comprising computer code configured to:
- detect, from a key user interface of an electronic device, key input of a particular key character from a first set of key characters;
- detect, from a user-scribe delineation user interface of the electronic device, user-scribed delineation input of a particular delineation character from a second set of delineation characters;
- wherein the first and second sets of characters are respective mutually exclusive sets of characters, such that the characters of the first and second sets of characters are ineligible as belonging to both the first set of key characters and the second set of delineation characters in a single instance of time;
- associate together the particular key character and the particular delineation character for display;
- and
- change at least one frequently used character of the set of delineation characters to belong to the first set of key characters based on a frequency of use of the at least one frequently used delineation character, such that the at least one frequently used character is no longer recognized by the electronic device as belonging to the second set of delineation characters in an instance the at least one frequently used character is provided via the user-scribe delineation user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.