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US 2014/0368458 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for providing user keypad in a portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsBo Ram NAM GOONG, Hwang Joon LEE
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Abstract
A method of providing a user defined user keypad and a mobile terminal supporting the same are provided. The method includes displaying guide information when entering a user keypad setting mode, determining a designation range for the user keypad according to a user interaction inputted based on the guide information, computing a key arrangement of the user keypad in response to the determined range, and configuring the user keypad according to the computed key arrangement.
Claims16
A method of providing a user keypad in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying a user keypad having a first configuration on a display unit of the mobile terminal;
- determining if a change in orientation of the mobile terminal occurs;
- and
- displaying the user keypad having a second configuration on the display unit of the mobile terminal if the change in orientation occurs,
- wherein the first configuration is a split configuration in which a first plurality of keys of the user keypad are displayed in a first range of the display unit and a second plurality of keys of the user keypad are displayed in a second range of the display unit, the first range being separated from the second range.
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A mobile terminal comprising:
- a controller configured to determine if a change in orientation of the mobile terminal occurs;
- and
- a display unit configured to display a user keypad having a first configuration on a display unit of the mobile terminal and to display the user keypad having a second configuration on the display unit of the mobile terminal if the change in orientation occurs,
- wherein the first configuration is a split configuration in which a first plurality of keys of the user keypad are displayed in a first range of the display unit and a second plurality of keys of the user keypad are displayed in a second range of the display unit, the first range being separated from the second range.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.