METHOD AND DEVICE TO SIMPLIFY MESSAGE COMPOSITION

摘要

A method and device to simplify message reply composition on a
communications device, using a partially transparent overlay to allow a user
to
freely scroll and move around to other sections of a message or message chain
while still being able to see and edit the reply being composed. When the
reply
is scrolled such that the composition field is not visible on the display
screen, the
device displays the overlay when the user enters text or on user request. The
user may then type text into the overlay while viewing the underlying portion
of
the reply message, such as previous messages in the string.