Apparatus and method for arranging a keypad in wireless terminal

A wireless terminal comprising:

• a touch screen display for displaying in an input state a touch keypad, the keypad including a plurality of keys;
• a memory for storing one or more configuration states of the keypad including a split configuration state;
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• a controller configured to:
• when the wireless terminal is placed in a vertical mode, displaying the plurality of keys in a bottom configuration state in which the keypad is displayed along a bottom area of the touch screen display, and
• in response to detecting only that the wireless terminal is placed in a horizontal mode from the vertical mode, control the touch screen display to change the display of the keypad from the bottom configuration state to the split configuration state in which the plurality of keys are arranged along a left side and a right side of the touch screen display.

A method of arranging a keypad in a wireless terminal, comprising:

• displaying in an input state of a touch screen display a touch keypad while the wireless terminal is placed in a vertical input mode or a horizontal input mode, the keypad including a plurality of keys;
• providing a memory having plural configuration states of the keypad associated with the horizontal input mode stored thereon that includes a split configuration state in which the keypad is split to be displayed along two opposing edges of the touch screen display and a bottom configuration state in which the keypad is displayed along a bottom area of the touch screen display;
• in response to detecting only that the wireless terminal is placed in a horizontal input mode from the vertical input mode, controlling by a controller the touch screen display to change display of the plurality of keys from the bottom configuration state to the split configuration state in which the keypad is split into separate first and second portions disposed along a left side and a right side of the touch screen display with no keys displayed in an area between the first portion and the second portion;
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• when the wireless terminal is changed from the horizontal input mode with the split configuration state to the vertical input mode, change the display of the plurality of keys of the keypad from the split configuration state to the bottom configuration state.

A method of arranging a keypad in a wireless terminal, comprising:

• displaying in an input state of a touch screen display a touch keypad, the keypad including a plurality of keys;
• providing a memory having plural configuration states of the keypad stored thereon that includes a split configuration state in which the keypad is split to be displayed along two opposing edges of the touch screen display and a bottom configuration state in which the keypad is displayed along a single edge of the touch screen display;
• when the wireless terminal is placed in a vertical mode, controlling by a processor the touch screen display to display the keypad in the bottom configuration state;
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• in response to detecting only placement of wireless terminal from the vertical mode to a horizontal mode while the keypad is displayed in the bottom configuration state, changing display of the plurality of keys of the keypad from the bottom configuration state into the split configuration state in which the keypad is split into separate first and second portions disposed along a left side and a right side of the touch screen display with no keys displayed in an area between the first portion and the second portion.

A wireless terminal comprising:

• a touch screen display;
• a controller configured to control the touch screen display to display in an input state a touch keypad while the wireless terminal is placed in a vertical input mode or a horizontal input mode, the keypad including a plurality of keys;
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• a memory coupled to the controller and having stored therein plural configuration states of the keypad including a bottom configuration state in which the keypad is displayed along a bottom area of the touch screen display, and a split configuration state in which the keypad is split to be displayed along two opposing edges of the touch screen display,
• wherein the controller is further configured to:
• in response to detecting the wireless terminal is placed in the horizontal input mode from the vertical input mode without additional detection, change the display of the plurality of keys of the keypad to the split configuration state in which the keypad is split along the two opposing edges including a left side and a right side of the touch screen display with no keys displayed in an area between split portions of the keypad in the horizontal input mode, and
• when the wireless terminal is changed from the horizontal input mode with the split configuration state to the vertical input mode, change the display of the plurality of keys of the keypad from the split configuration state to the bottom configuration state.