Virtual keypad for touchscreen display
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorMarcelo VARANDA
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Abstract
A method for changing a transparency level of a virtual keypad on a display, comprising the steps of: activating a pointing device on the display; and dragging the pointing device along the display for a predetermined distance; whereby said dragging step causes the transparency level of the virtual keypad on the display to change. The keypad can be arranged to include a stacked intuitive layout for keys, where the left side of a qwerty keyboard is placed over the right side of a qwerty keyboard to created a stacked virtual keyboard.
Claims11
A method of arranging a virtual keypad on a narrow display comprising the steps of:
- breaking a standard keyboard layout into a left hand and a right hand portion;
- and
- creating a virtual keypad by placing the left hand portion over the right hand portion or by placing the right hand portion over the left hand portion.
A wireless communications device comprising:
- a narrow display;
- and
- a processor, the processor configured to:
- break a standard keyboard layout into a left hand and a right hand portion;
- and
- create a virtual keypad on the narrow display by placing the left hand portion over the right hand portion or by placing the right hand portion over the left hand portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.