Word entry method for mobile originated short messages
AssigneeEricsson Inc.
InventorsAaron David Cubbage, Inderpreet Singh Ahluwalia
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Abstract
A text entry method simplifies entry of the text messages in a mobile phone having a limited number of entry keys. A word list is stored in the phone's memory. The word list is divided into a plurality of groups and each group is associated with a particular group key on the keypad. The user first selects a word group by pressing the corresponding group key. The user can then scroll through the words in the group to select the desired word. The selected word may optionally then be translated into a codeword and the codeword then transmitted to a remote location. Individual characters may also be selected and translated in a similar manner in some embodiments.
Claims17
A method of transmitting text messages from a cellular phone comprising:
- storing a plurality of word groups in a memory of the cellular phone, each word group comprising one or more word entries;
- associating respective ones of the word groups with respective ones of the numeric input keys comprising a phone keypad of the cellular phone;
- displaying a corresponding one of the word groups on a display of the cellular phone responsive to a user actuating a numeric key;
- scrolling through the word entries comprising the displayed word group responsive to subsequent actuations of the same key to allow selection of desired word entries;
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- accumulating selected word entries to form a text message for transmission from the cellular telephone.
A cellular phone comprising:
- a transceiver for making cellular telephone calls and transmitting text messages;
- a memory for storing a plurality of word groups, each word group comprising one or more word entries;
- a keypad comprising a plurality of keys, including numeric keys for dialing number entry;
- a display;
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- control logic for associating respective ones of the word groups with respective ones of the numeric keys, the control logic operative to:
- display a list of one or more word entries from a corresponding word group on the display responsive to a user actuating one of the numeric keys;
- scroll the list responsive to subsequent actuations of the same key to allow selection of desired word entries;
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- accumulate selected word entries to form a text message for transmission by the transceiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.