System and method for touch-based text entry
AssigneeSony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorSven-Olof Karlsson
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a touch screen that displays a message log containing text of one or more messages that have been transmitted by the electronic device or received by the electronic device, and that displays an input field to show text for a new message undergoing composition. The electronic also includes a control circuit that is configured to receive touch input signals from the touch screen that are indicative of user touch selection of text from the message log, and without additional user input, enter the touch selected text into the input field.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- a touch screen that displays a message log containing text of one or more messages that have been transmitted by the electronic device or received by the electronic device, and that displays an input field to show text for a new message undergoing composition;
- and
- a control circuit configured to:
- receive touch input signals from the touch screen that are indicative of user touch selection of text from the message log;
- and
- without additional user input, enter the touch selected text into the input field.
A method of entering text in an electronic device, comprising:
- displaying a message log containing text of one or more messages that have been transmitted by the electronic device or received by the electronic device on a touch screen;
- displaying an input field to show text for a new message undergoing composition on the touch screen;
- receiving touch input via the touch screen that is indicative of user touch selection of text from the message log;
- and
- without additional user input, entering the touch selected text into the input field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.