Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of inputting ideographic characters into a handheld device, comprising steps of: predicting ideographic characters that correspond to symbols inputted by a user, for said user to select; predicting, based on a previous ideographic character that has been selected by said user, ideographic characters that most likely follow said previous ideographic character but cannot form a phrase with said previous ideographic character, for said user to select; and inputting ideographic characters that have been selected by said user into said handheld device. The present invention also provides an apparatus for inputting ideographic characters and a handheld device. According to the invention, more ideographic characters and punctuation marks are automatically predicted, which speeds up the process of inputting ideographic characters into handheld devices.
Abstract:
Described is a technology that uses the unused (free) space (that is not occupied by text of a text message) to encode metadata into the text message. The metadata may correspond to an advertisement, a sender's mood, a sender's location, and the like. The inclusion of an advertisement can help reduce the user's cost, while the inclusion of other types of data can reduce the number of messages that need to be sent, without requiring typing in the information. The receiving device processes the metadata to determine an action to take, such as to display an advertisement identified in the metadata, along with the text. The advertisement content may have been previously downloaded in anticipation of its later display.
Abstract:
An intelligent contact management technique that automatically manages contacts on a communication device such as a mobile phone is described. The intelligent management technique can automatically determine and display a user's favorite contacts on a display of a mobile device. The technique can also intelligently group contacts based on their contact frequency. It can provide a contact-oriented event notification that notifies a user when a contact event has occurred. The contact-oriented event notification can be associated with a visual representation of an associated contact.
Abstract:
Tools and techniques for adjustable user interfaces with movable separators are provided. Display devices provided by these tools may include fixed-size hardware display screens. These display screens include input control portions that are responsive to user input to receive commands from users, and include output display portions for presenting output to users in response to the commands. These display screens also include separators that are movable along the display screens, with the separators dividing the input control portions from the output display portions. In response to movements of the separators, the input control portions and the output display portions are resized relative to one another.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses A method for inputting a Chinese phrase on a portable device, said device comprising a keyboard, a display means and a memory means, said method comprising the steps of: inputting Chinese Pinyin letter/Zhuyin character and other characters by the keyboard; entering a Chinese phrase matched mode when detecting that a first separator for separating Chinese Pinyin letter/Zhuyin character corresponding to different Chinese characters is input; under the Chinese phrase matched mode, searching in the memory means the Chinese phrase corresponding to the input Chinese Pinyin letter/Zhuyin character and the number and the position of the separator based on the input Chinese Pinyin letter/Zhuyin character and the number and the position of the separator; and, sending the searched Chinese phrase to the display means.
Abstract:
Tools and techniques for adjustable user interfaces with movable separators are provided. Display devices provided by these tools may include fixed-size hardware display screens. These display screens include input control portions that are responsive to user input to receive commands from users, and include output display portions for presenting output to users in response to the commands. These display screens also include separators that are movable along the display screens, with the separators dividing the input control portions from the output display portions. In response to movements of the separators, the input control portions and the output display portions are resized relative to one another.
Abstract:
An intelligent contact management technique that automatically manages contacts on a communication device such as a mobile phone is described. The intelligent management technique can automatically determine and display a user's favorite contacts on a display of a mobile device. The technique can also intelligently group contacts based on their contact frequency. It can provide a contact-oriented event notification that notifies a user when a contact event has occurred. The contact-oriented event notification can be associated with a visual representation of an associated contact.