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US 9,075,450 B2Granted
Handheld electronic device including auto completion of punctuation in numerical entry, and associated method
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorSherryl Lee Lorraine Scott
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Abstract
The disclosed and claimed concept describes a handheld electronic device that has the capability to automatically prefer a preferred punctuation arrangement in response to determining whether a first output has a predetermined characteristic.
Claims18
A method of enabling input on a handheld electronic device, said handheld electronic device including an input apparatus and an output apparatus, said input apparatus having a plurality of input keys, said method comprising:
- detecting as an alphanumeric input a first number of input key selections;
- detecting as a punctuation input a second number of input key selections, wherein the punctuation input generates a punctuation mark different from the second number of input key selections;
- determining whether said alphanumeric input comprises a numerical value;
- responsive to said determination that said alphanumeric input comprises a numerical value, selecting as a preferred punctuation arrangement a predetermined punctuation arrangement from among a plurality of punctuation arrangements that correspond with said punctuation input, wherein the preferred punctuation arrangement includes the numerical value adjacent the punctuation mark;
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- outputting said punctuation input in accordance with said predetermined punctuation arrangement.
3 more elements
A handheld electronic device, comprising:
- a keyboard having a plurality of input keys;
- a display;
- a processor apparatus comprising a processor and a memory in electronic communication with one another, said processor apparatus having stored therein a number of routines which, when executed on the processor, cause the handheld electronic device to perform operations comprising:
- detecting as an alphanumeric input a first number of input key selections;
- detecting as a punctuation input a second number of second input key selections, wherein the punctuation input generates a punctuation mark different from the second number of input key selections;
- determining whether said alphanumeric input comprises a numerical value;
- responsive to said determination that said alphanumeric input comprises a numerical value, selecting as a preferred punctuation arrangement a predetermined punctuation arrangement from among a plurality of punctuation arrangements that correspond with said punctuation input, wherein the preferred punctuation arrangement includes the numerical value adjacent the punctuation mark;
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- outputting said punctuation input in accordance with said predetermined punctuation arrangement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.