PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING PHYSICAL KEYBOARD AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SELECTION OF INFORMATION

A method of controlling selection of information on an electronic device including a display and a physical keyboard. The method includes displaying the information on the display, displaying a first selection indicator identifying a start of the selection of information, and a second selection indi...

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Main Author ADAMS, Neil Patrick
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 16.03.2022
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A method of controlling selection of information on an electronic device including a display and a physical keyboard. The method includes displaying the information on the display, displaying a first selection indicator identifying a start of the selection of information, and a second selection indicator identifying an end of the selection of information, and detecting a gesture on the physical keyboard. In response to detecting the gesture, an associated one of the first selection indicator and the second selection indicator is identified based on a location of the gesture on the physical keyboard. The associated one of the first selection indicator and the second selection indicator is moved within the information based on the gesture, to move the start or the end of the selection of information and adjust the amount of the information included in the selection of information.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20180150545