Input shortcuts for a communications device

Details Input shortcuts for a communications device Input shortcuts for a communications device

2011-01-04

2011-01-04

Jean Gilles, Jude J (Department: 2443)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Demand based messaging

C709S227000, C715S810000, C715S205000, C715S234000, C715S261000, C455S564000, C455S466000, C370S401000, C370S474000

Reexamination Certificate

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07865565

ABSTRACT:
A method of inputting an electronic address into an address field on a communications device, the electronic address including a plurality of text characters and non-text symbol characters. The method includes: receiving a plurality of inputs for the address field through a user input interface of the device; adding text characters to the address field corresponding to the inputs; and detecting among the inputs repetitive successive inputs of a predetermined delimiter, selecting a non-text symbol character from a set of non-text symbol characters in dependence on a number of times the delimiter has been repetitively input without any intervening inputs, and adding the selected non-text symbol character to the address field.

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