Method for sorting and displaying symbols in a mobile communication terminal
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorDong Hyuck Oh
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Abstract
A system for arranging symbols for display and selection in a mobile communication terminal is provided. The system comprises user interface configured for selecting a first symbol having a first display priority; and means for assigning a second display priority to a second symbol associated with the first symbol, wherein the second symbol is displayed according to the second display priority, in response to a request for displaying a symbol set.
Claims28
A method of arranging symbols for display on a computing device, the method comprising:
- activating a symbol input menu on a display of the computing device to receive at least one symbol;
- selecting a first symbol from one of a plurality of categories in response to a first input for selecting the first symbol;
- assigning a first display priority to the first symbol in response to the first input;
- assigning a second display priority to a second symbol in response to the first input, wherein the second symbol is associated with the first symbol based on a user's use history of the first and second symbols together;
- displaying a first symbol set with a first priority category to which the first symbol belongs;
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- displaying the second symbol in the first symbol set according to the second display priority in response to a second input for selecting a symbol after the first display priority has been assigned to the first symbol,
- wherein the first and second symbols are special symbols and the second symbol is a symbol most frequently selected by the user in association with the first symbol according to the use history.
A method for arranging a plurality of symbols in a mobile communication terminal configured to display a plurality of symbol sets, each of the plurality of symbol sets comprising the plurality of symbols in one of a plurality of priority categories, the method comprising:
- configuring the plurality of priority categories based on a user's use history or frequency of symbol use and relation to a symbol previously selected by the user;
- assigning a first priority category to a first symbol based on the use history of the first symbol;
- adding the first symbol to a first set of the plurality of symbol sets based on the first priority category;
- displaying symbols assigned to the first priority category when the first symbol is selected;
- adding a second symbol associated with the first symbol to the first set of the plurality of symbol sets in response to a selection of the first symbol;
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- displaying the second symbol in a most prominent position in the first set of the plurality of symbol sets,
- wherein the symbols are special symbols and the second symbol is a symbol most frequently selected by the user in association with the first symbol according to the use history.
A mobile communication terminal having a system for arranging symbols for display and selection, the terminal comprising:
- a user interface for selecting a first symbol having a first display priority;
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- means for assigning a second display priority to a second symbol associated with the first symbol in response to a selection of the first symbol, wherein the second symbol is associated with the first symbol based on a user's use history of the first and second symbols together and displayed according to the second display priority, in response to an input for displaying a symbol set,
- wherein the symbols are special symbols and the second symbol is a symbol most frequently selected by the user in association with the first symbol according to the use history.
The method of 9, wherein the plurality of symbol sets comprise at least one symbol set determined the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.