Patents by Inventor Robert Michael Harman

Robert Michael Harman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • User interface of a keypad entry system for character input
    Patent number: 7095403
    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).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria Lyustin, Robert Michael Harman, Ali Ebrahimi
  • User interface of a keypad entry system for character input
    Publication number: 20040204011
    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).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Victoria Lyustin, Robert Michael Harman, Ali Ebrahimi