| 摘要 |
A method of generating message text via a graphical user interface (GUI) of a communication device (such as mobile/cell/smart phone) comprising a touch-sensitive display, the method comprising; providing a message composition interface with a virtual alphanumeric keyboard [Fig. 1, 34]; modifying the interface by displaying an appropriate GUI module 51 having graphical representations of predefined (predetermined) multi-character expressions 40; and the user selecting a graphical representation so that the associated multi-character expression being inserted into the message 30. The interface modification may occur due to a trigger such as selecting a function key 50 60, or may be automatic response to analysis of the message. The module and graphical representation/multi-character expressions may be customised by a user. The GUI module may be associated with a predetermined semantic category where the multi-character expressions fall under this category. The multi-character expressions may be expressions of time or date [Fig. 11]. |
