Coded data generation or conversion – Bodily actuated code generator – Including keyboard or keypad
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-22
2008-04-22
Edwards, Jr., Timothy (Department: 2612)
Coded data generation or conversion
Bodily actuated code generator
Including keyboard or keypad
C345S168000, C379S368000, C379S433070
Reexamination Certificate
active
07362243
ABSTRACT:
Letters (more generally, language symbols) are entered electronically by selecting, in sequential fashion, two keys on a standard phone layout. The first key in the two-key sequence is that key on which the desired letter is displayed. The keys and the letters displayed on the keys are marked in such a way that the markings suggest the second key in the two-key sequence. The letters displayed on the keys have respective markings, such as a color, with each letter on a given key having a unique marking. The keys themselves also have markings that match the markings of the letters. In preferred embodiments, the two keys in the two-key sequence are located in the same row. Letters may be selected to spell out words on a screen and then sent electronically to a remote device or recipient.
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Kandogan Eser
Zhai Shumin
Edwards, Jr. Timothy
International Business Machines - Corporation
Johnson Daniel E.
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