Alexander F Appa

US Patent:

20100313168, Dec 9, 2010

Filed:

Jun 5, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/479491

Inventors:

Peter Wiest - Sammamish WA, US
Andrew James Jaffray - Seattle WA, US
Craig Taylor - Monroe WA, US
Alexander Appa - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715830, 715834, 715810

Abstract:

Methods and systems for performing character selection and entry are provided herein. One exemplary method includes displaying a character group menu on a display, the character group menu including a plurality of character groups arranged about a central region of the character group menu, each of the plurality of character groups having a plurality of characters. The method further includes selecting, from the character group menu, a selected character group in response to a group selection operation applied to a directional controller. The method further includes displaying a character menu on the display responsive to the selecting of the selected character group, the character menu including the plurality of characters of the selected character group arranged about a central region of the character menu. The method further includes selecting, from the character menu, a selected character in response to a character selection operation applied to the directional controller.