Maurizio Cibelli

20040075648, Apr 22, 2004

Mar 27, 2003

10/402877

Zeke Koch - Seattle WA, US
Maurizio Cibelli - Seattle WA, US
Jason Fuller - Bellevue WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G09G005/00

345/168000, 345/169000

This invention provides a system and method for a user of a mobile computing device to input special characters using a modifier key on a keyboard. The special characters include accented characters associated with regular characters. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for configuring a mobile computing device for a user to enter special characters is provided. The computer-implemented method includes inputting a regular character in response to a user pressing a key associated with the regular character. After the regular character has been inputted, the user may input a special character by pressing a modifier key. A special character associated with the regular character is determined in response to the user pressing the modifier key. The special character may be determined based on the number of times that the user has pressed the modifier key. The inputted regular character is then modified to the special character.

20040085370, May 6, 2004

Mar 28, 2003

10/401433

Maurizio Cibelli - Seattle WA, US
Peter Davis - Kirkland WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G09G005/00

345/864000, 345/780000

A mobile device contains a dedicated key for switching between input modes. A special key code is assigned to that key. If a user presses the dedicated key, that key code is generated and passed to the operating system of the mobile device. In response, a shell determines what the current input mode is and instructs an Input Method Manager to switch the input mode from the current input mode to a “next” input mode. Each available input mode may be identified in an Input Mode Table.