Method for forming a character string, an electronic communication device and a charging unit for charging the electronic communication device

Claim 1

A method for forming a character string in a communication device comprising the steps of: a) displaying a two-dimensional array of characters; b) displaying a selecting cursor that simultaneously refers to two characters in said two dimensional array of characters; c) repeating the steps of: c1) as a response to a first command, displaying a relative movement of said selecting cursor and said two-dimensional array of characters in a first direction; and c2) as a response to a second command, displaying a relative movement of said selecting cursor and said two-dimensional array of characters in a second direction opposite to said first direction until the reception of a selection command corresponding to one of two allowed values; d) depending on which one of the allowed values the selection command corresponded to, indicating one of the characters currently referred to by the selecting cursor as selected, and e) repeating steps a) and d) until the reception of a character string completion indication.

Claim 2

A method for forming a character string in a communication device comprising the steps of: a) displaying a two-dimensional array of characters; b) displaying a selecting cursor that simultaneously refers to two characters in said two dimensional array of characters; c) repeating the steps of: c1) as a response to a first command, displaying a relative movement of said selecting cursor and said two-dimensional array of characters in a first direction; and c2) as a response to a second command, displaying a relative movement of said selecting cursor and said two-dimensional array of characters in a second direction opposite to said first direction until the reception of a selection command corresponding to one of two allowed values; d) depending on which one of the allowed values the selection command corresponded to, indicating one of the characters currently referred to by the selecting cursor as selected, and e) repeating steps a) and d) until the reception of a character string completion indication.

Claim 8

A method for forming a character string in a communication device, comprising the steps of a) establishing an organized list of allowable characters, b) displaying an array of character spaces, c) displaying a selecting cursor at a certain first character space, d) repeating the steps of d1) as a response to a first command, replacing the current contents of said first character space with a character, which character is obtained from said list of allowable characters by advancing into a first direction within said list of allowable characters and d2) as a response to a second command, replacing the current contents of said first character space with a character, which character is obtained from said list of allowable characters by advancing into a second direction within said list of allowable characters, where said second direction is opposite to said first direction, until the reception of selection command, e) displaying a selecting cursor at a certain second character space adjacent to said first character space and f) repeating steps d) and e) until the reception of a character string completion indication.

Claim 9

A method for forming a character string in a communication device, comprising the steps of a) establishing an organized list of allowable characters, b) displaying an array of character spaces, c) displaying a selecting cursor at a certain first character space, d) repeating the steps of d1) as a response to a first command, replacing the current contents of said first character space with a character, which character is obtained from said list of allowable characters by advancing into a first direction within said list of allowable characters and d2) as a response to a second command, replacing the current contents of said first character space with a character, which character is obtained from said list of allowable characters by advancing into a second direction within said list of allowable characters, where said second direction is opposite to said first direction, until the reception of selection command, e) displaying a selecting cursor at a certain second character space adjacent to said first character space and f) repeating steps d) and e) until the reception of a character string completion indication.