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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127075 | SEGMENTED PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAY A portable electronic device includes a first segment including a first display and a second segment coupled to the first segment. The second segment includes a first input device on a first side of the second segment and a second display on a second side of the second ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127081 | Methods of remote text input and editing on TV screen using locally-text-editable remote control A remote text input and editing method and a remote control device that allow user to input and edit text message on a hand-held remote control locally, and transmit the prepared text message to a television (TV). The remote text input and editing method involves batch ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127082 | PERFORMING ACTIONS ON A COMPUTING DEVICE USING A CONTEXTUAL KEYBOARD A system and method for performing actions via a keyboard application of a computing device is described. In some examples, a contextual keyboard facilitates the entry of text and the performance of actions across applications supported by a device. For example, the con... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127083 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ENTERED TEXT TO ACCESS AND PROCESS CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION A system and method for commanding a keyboard application based on a gesture received at a displayed keyboard is described. In some examples, the system receives a gesture, such as a shape-based or key-based gesture, identifies a command associated with the received ges... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105331 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE An object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device capable of suppressing incorrect inputs. A control unit of a cellular telephone device detects a distance between an object in proximity to a display unit and a display surface of the display ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105327 | REDUCED KEYBOARD CHARACTER SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD A system and method of selecting a letter for display in a communication device having a display and a reduced-key keyboard is provided. One of the plurality of keys on the reduced-key keyboard is selected and a default letter associated with the selected key is display... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081295 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH KEYBOARD A keyboard includes a plurality of keys each of which is associated with indicia corresponding to at least one of alphabetic characters, numbers, or commands. The keys of the plurality of keys associated with alphabetic characters number fewer than 26 and greater than n... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081296 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DISAMBIGUATION OF COMPOUND WORD TEXT INPUT A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate compound word text input. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is base... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081292 | DESKTOP REVEAL A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive displa... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081293 | GRAVITY DROP RULES AND KEYBOARD DISPLAY ON A MULTIPLE SCREEN DEVICE Methods and devices for presenting or dismissing a virtual keyboard are provided. More particularly, in connection with a multiple screen device, a virtual keyboard can be presented in a first mode using portions of both of the screens. In a second mode, the virtual key... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081294 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING KEYBOARD FUNCTIONALITY, VIA A LIMITED NUMBER OF INPUT REGIONS, TO A SEPARATE DIGITAL DEVICE One embodiment includes an apparatus that receives gesture-based touch inputs from a user to provide keyboard functionality, via a limited number of input regions, to a separate digital device. The apparatus comprises: a touch-sensitive array; a processor; a communicati... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120068936 | Apparatus and Method for Automatic Enablement of a Rear-Face Entry in a Mobile Device The present invention discloses one or more embodiments of a mobile device capable of automatic enablement of a rear-face data entry. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the mobile device can automatically detect and determine that a rear-face data entry interfa... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050167 | Keypad with Integrated Touch Sensitive Apparatus A touch sensitive keypad device (101) for an electronic device (100) includes one or more keys (106,107,108,109,110) situated in a keypad carrier (206). One or more conductive layers (115,116,117,118) span the keys. One or more transve... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050166 | CONFIGURATION AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A KEY TO A DEFLECTION WEB FOR A KEYPAD A keypad assembly comprising one or more keys arranged on a deflection web is provided. Each key may comprise a key cap and a post operatively coupled to the key cap. The deflection web may comprise a web having at least one seat configured to receive the post of the ke... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050169 | KEY DESIGNS FOR COMPACT KEYPAD OF HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE A keypad for a mobile device having a housing comprises a plurality of keys coupled to the housing. Each of the keys has means for making the selection of smaller key sizes easier for a user. The keys may incorporate a flexible or resilient upper part, or be configured ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050168 | HANDHELD INPUT DEVICE A handheld input device includes a main body. The main body includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a touch pad. The first sidewall is arc shaped and includes function buttons. The second sidewall is substantially perpendicular to the first sidewall. The touch... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044149 | MISINPUT AVOIDANCE METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL A misinput avoidance method of a mobile terminal may be implemented to prevent a misinput caused by contacting unintended keys around the target key. A misinput avoidance method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention includes detecting inputs of a plura... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044148 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING WORD SPACING IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL Disclosed is an apparatus and a method capable of performing a word spacing function without a separate key input for the word spacing in a portable terminal. The method includes determining interval duration for which a key is pressed; and displaying data assigned to t... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044147 | Split Keyboard and Handles for Mobile Devices Embodiments of the invention include split keyboard and handles adaptable for use with mobile devices. According to one embodiment, a mobile device is provided that includes a body, which houses a display, and a split keyboard configured as a first keypad half and a sec... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038557 | Method and Electronic Device With Motion Compensation A method and electronic device with motion compensation are described. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method for operating an electronic device, comprising: determining a velocity of the electronic device; changing a duration of actuation for reg... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120032890 | METHOD AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING FIRST INPUT COMPONENT AND SECOND TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT COMPONENT A handheld electronic device includes a housing having a surface; a first input component having input members disposed external to the surface; a second touch sensitive input component disposed about the input members, the touch sensitive input component being separate... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032888 | Method and Apparatus for Enhancing Keycap Legend Visibility in Low Light Conditions Techniques and apparatus to provide improved visibility to user input devices, such as keys, are disclosed. In low light conditions, keys can be difficult to distinguish. For example, often keys have legends on them to visually distinguish them from one another, but in ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032889 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE A hand-held electronic device with a keyboard, thumbwheel, display and associated software is optimized for use of the device with the thumbs. The associated software has a plurality of features to optimize efficient use of the limited keyboard space and encourage the u... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120013537 | PORTABLE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING BACKLIGHT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BACKLIGHT THEREOF Disclosed is a method for controlling a backlight of an electronic device, such as a portable terminal, which includes the steps of storing preset backlight brightness values so as to correspond to the backlight brightness values to backlight steps, detecting a backligh... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120013536 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DUAL USE REMOTE-CONTROL DEVICES Various embodiments provide a dual use remote-control device. In one embodiment, a dual use remote-control device may include a first set of input controls such as buttons positioned on a top side of the housing, a second set of input controls positioned on a bottom sid... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120013535 | Keyboard for Hand-Held Devices A hand-held electronic device has a keyboard with a plurality of keys, each key having a substantially flat contact surface extending to the sides of each key. One of the sides of the key is beveled.... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120006896 | HAND-HELD DATA COLLECTOR WITH DETACHABLE SCANNER Disclosed is data collection apparatus for hand use. The apparatus comprises a body and a bar code scanner. The body has: a central portion adapted to be and gripped in the manner of a joystick; a switch positioned on the central portion and positioned in the manner of ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120007807 | Full keyboard remote control A remote controller includes a housing, a CPU, an input module, and an output module. The input module is electrically connected to the CPU for selectively inputting signals into the remote controller to controllably communicate with the home entertaining appliance. It ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110316788 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISAMBIGUATION OF COMPOUND TEXT INPUT EMPLOYING DIFFERENT GROUPINGS OF DATA SOURCES TO DISAMBIGUATE DIFFERENT PARTS OF INPUT A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate compound text input. The device is able to assemble language objects in the memory to generate compound language solutions. The d... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316787 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD PROVIDING DISAMBIGUATION OF AN AMBIGUOUS OBJECT DURING EDITING AND SELECTIVELY PROVIDING PREDICTION OF FUTURE CHARACTERS A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software and prediction software. During editing of an object, the object can be ambiguous, and the system provides one or more disambiguated interpretations of the ambigu... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316789 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PREFERRING A DIACRITICAL VERSION OF A LINGUISTIC ELEMENT ON A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE BASED ON LINGUISTIC SOURCE AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS A method for automatically preferring a diacritical version of a linguistic element on a handheld electronic device by utilizing a linguistic source.... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310022 | Responsive virtual image labeling of computer keyboards A user views a keyboard through a transparent plate. Partial reflection of an image source by the plate creates a virtual image, including labels, that appears to be superimposed on the keyboard. The keys themselves may be blank. Hands resting on the keyboard block the ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310023 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND STATE SWITCHING STRUCTURE OF PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE Solved is a problem of difficulty in operating, with an operation unit casing held by one hand, both of a touch panel and a key operation unit without changing the hand which holds the unit.
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| 20110304554 | KEYPAD STIFFENER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Embodiments described herein are directed towards a keypad stiffener and a method for manufacturing. The method may include forming a metal plate form. The metal plate form may include a metal grounding plate, at least one detachable island and at least one bridge. A br... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304555 | Novel Character Specification System and Method that Uses a Limited Number of Selection Keys A method and apparatus of identifying and selecting characters from among a plurality of characters. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a computer processor electronically enables identification of each of a plurality of characters arranged in a one-dim... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110291941 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DUAL-MODE DISAMBIGUATION OF TEXT INPUT A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. In response to an ambiguous editing input at a location preceding at least a portion of an output word, the software ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110291940 | DATA ENTRY SYSTEM A system for data entry is provided. The system includes a touch sensitive pad for inputting user gestures and a processor to assign a virtual keypad to the touch sensitive pad such that user gestures on the pad correspond to keys of the virtual keypad. According to one... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285634 | PORTABLE DATA ENTRY DEVICE The invention is a portable data entry device that allows a user to record hand written material on paper using standard writing tools while simultaneously recording an electronic copy of the written material for subsequent processing and storage on suitable data proces... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282522 | GRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING VEHICLE OPERATORS A system for converting audible air traffic control instructions for pilots operating from an air facility to textual format. The system may comprise a processor connected to a jack of the standard pilot headset and a separate portable display screen connected to the pr... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279375 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY A hand-held device has a housing having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface, at least one transmitter, a first user interface associated with the top surface of the housing having first user interface input elements which, when active, are actuat... | 11/17/2011 |
