Method of fast typing twin special characters
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorGheorghe Curelet-Balan
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Abstract
A method for inputting character pairs in an electronic device having a user input device, a display for displaying characters input through the user input device, and a memory for storing characters input through the user input device, including storing a character input through the user input device in the memory and displaying the input character on the display; and determining if the input character is an opening character of a predefined character pair, and if so, automatically and without further user input, causing a corresponding closing character of the predefined character pair to be inserted in the memory and on the display, and locating an input pointer so that subsequently input characters will be inserted between the opening and closing characters in the memory and on the display.
Claims23
A method for inputting characters in an electronic device having an input device, a display for displaying characters input through the input device, and a memory for storing characters input through the input device, comprising:
- receiving an input character through the input device;
- determining if the input character is an opening character of a particular character pair, the particular character pair being one of a plurality of stored character pairs;
- and
- automatically displaying on the display both the opening character and a corresponding closing character of the particular character pair based on the determination that the input character is an opening character of the particular character pair.
An electronic device, comprising:
- an input device for allowing a user to input characters;
- a display for displaying input characters;
- a memory for storing input characters;
- and
- a processor connected to the input device, the display, and the memory, the processor being configured to:
- receive an input character through the input device;
- determine if the input character is an opening character of a particular character pair, the particular character pair being one of a plurality of stored character pairs;
- and
- automatically display on the display both the opening character and a corresponding closing character of the particular character pair based on the determination that the input character is an opening character of the particular character pair.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium carrying program code means for inputting characters in an electronic device having an input device, and a display for displaying characters input through the input device, the program code means comprising:
- means for receiving an input character through the input device;
- means for determining if the input character is an opening character of a particular character pair, the particular character pair being one of a plurality of stored character pairs;
- and
- means for automatically displaying on the display both the opening character and a corresponding closing character of the particular character pair based on the determination that the input character is an opening character of the particular character pair.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.