Abstract: Techniques and configurations for an apparatus are provided for creating and managing meetings using gestures. Movements of a user's hand in a three-dimensional space are detected. The hand movements in the three-dimensional space are interpreted to identify a gesture intended by the user to set up or manage a meeting among a plurality of persons. An electronic command is generated from the detected gesture to set up or manage the meeting.

Abstract: A user interface (102) of a portable electronic device (100) includes a plurality of keys (112). The user interface (102) includes a first group of keys representing vowel characters (402), and a second group of keys representing consonant characters (202). The second group of keys is separate from the first group of keys. For the first group of keys, a first key represents leading vowels (422, 424, 426), a second key represents above and below vowels (428, 430), and a third key represents following vowels (432, 434, 436). The second group of keys may be subdivided into phonetic consonant groups (FIGS. 5 & 6) or alphabetic consonant groups (FIGS. 7 & 8).

Abstract: A plurality of pre-identified graphic symbolic expressions are provided (31). Using only a portion of a particular graphic symbolic expression as entered (32) by a user, one can then disambiguate amongst the plurality of pre-identified graphic symbolic expressions to select (33) one of the expressions as most likely correlating to the intended complete expression entry. In a preferred embodiment, the pre-identified graphic symbolic expressions can include both expressions comprising characters and expressions comprising characters and spaces.

Abstract: A user interface (102) of a portable electronic device (100) includes a plurality of keys (112). The user interface (102) includes a first group of keys representing vowel characters (402), and a second group of keys representing consonant characters (202). The second group of keys is separate from the first group of keys. For the first group of keys, a first key represents leading vowels (422, 424, 426), a second key represents above and below vowels (428, 430), and a third key represents following vowels (432, 434, 436). The second group of keys may be subdivided into phonetic consonant groups (FIGS. 5 & 6) or alphabetic consonant groups (FIGS. 7 & 8).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to data entry keys (128) of a keypad entry system for entry of Korean text to a portable electronic device (100). The data entry keys include ten or more keys arranged in an ordered array in which each key being associated with a numeric digit (keys “1” through “9” and “0”), a phonetic consonant (302 through 328) and a phonetic vowel (402 through 420). Preferably, the phonetic consonants and the phonetic vowels are Korean Jamos symbols used to generate Korean Hangul characters. All keys of the data entry keys include a non-aspiration consonant (330), and four keys of the data entry keys include an aspiration consonant (332) in addition to the non-aspiration consonant. The non-aspiration and aspiration consonants are grouped based on similarity in pronunciation.

Abstract: A graphical handwriting recognition user interface includes a display, one or more areas designated on said display for enabling entry of handwritten information using a stylus, and an image of a character being displayed within the one or more areas designated for entering the handwritten information, the image depicting a form of the handwritten information to be entered. The image of the character is displayed for a predetermined period of time. The image of the character is displayed on the display using a low contrast ratio, and is displayed on the display in a manner depicting the character being entered, thereby rendering animation to the image of the character being displayed.

Abstract: A data entry apparatus (10) receives a first character key from a keypad (12). A set of characters associated with the first character key is displayed. A second character key from the keypad (12) is received, wherein a second set of characters is associated with the second character key. A character from the first set of characters is combined with a character from the second set of characters. A set of alternative n-grams is displayed, derived from the step of combining, in descending order based on a probability of frequency of use in a given language. When an alternative n-gram is detected as being actively highlighted, the n-gram is locked to create a locked n-gram and characters associated with subsequent character keys vary in their combinations with respect to the locked n-gram.