Abstract: The current application is directed to an intuitive, easily manipulated, and fully functional soft-input panel (“SIP”) and hardware input panels (“HIPs”), or physical keyboards, for mobile telephones, tablet computers, and other electronic devices that provides for input of Korean-language text. One implementation of the touch-zone Korean-language SIP to which the current application is directed includes 4 regions, or zones, each containing three input keys, for input of Hangul characters and control directives, including backspace, space, and enter commands. A fifth region includes two consonant-composition features, and sixth and seventh regions each include an alternate SIP toggle. The input features of this particular implementation allow for input of all Hangul Korean-language characters as well as cursor control, text-entry control, and alternate-SIP toggles.

Abstract: The current application is directed to intuitive, easily manipulated, and fully functional soft-input panels (“SIPs”) and hardware input panels (“HIPs”), or physical keyboards, for mobile telephones, tablet computers, and other electronic devices that provide for input of Korean-language text. One implementation of the Korean-language SIP to which the current application is directed includes 16 different displayed input features arranged in four columns and four rows. The 16 input features of this particular implementation allow for input of all Hangul Korean-language characters as well as cursor control, text-entry control, and alternate-SIP toggles. Neither this section nor the sections which follow are intended to either limit the scope of the claims which follow or define the scope of those claims.