Virtual keypad for touchscreen display

Abstract

A method for changing a transparency level of a virtual keypad on a display, comprising the steps of: activating a pointing device on the display; and dragging the pointing device along the display for a predetermined distance; whereby said dragging step causes the transparency level of the virtual keypad on the display to change. The keypad can be arranged to include a stacked intuitive layout for keys, where the left side of a qwerty keyboard is placed over the right side of a qwerty keyboard to created a stacked virtual keyboard.

1 . A method of arranging a virtual keypad on a narrow display comprising the steps of:
 breaking a standard keyboard layout into a left hand and a right hand portion; and   creating a virtual keypad by placing the left hand portion over the right hand portion or by placing the right hand portion over the left hand portion.   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the virtual keypad further includes a button to switch between a virtual keypad with capital letters and a virtual keypad with lowercase letters. 
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the virtual keypad further includes a button to switch between a virtual keypad with letters and a virtual keypad with symbols. 
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the standard keyboard layout comprises one of QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY or DVORAK. 
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the narrow display is on a wireless communications device. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the narrow display is a touchscreen display. 
   
   
       7 . A wireless communications device comprising:
 a narrow display; and   a processor, the processor configured to:
 break a standard keyboard layout into a left hand and a right hand portion; and 
 create a virtual keypad on the narrow display by placing the left hand portion over the right hand portion or by placing the right hand portion over the left hand portion. 
   
   
   
       8 . The wireless communications device of  claim 7 , wherein the virtual keypad further includes a button to switch between a virtual keypad with capital letters and a virtual keypad with lowercase letters. 
   
   
       9 . The wireless communications device of  claim 7 , wherein the virtual keypad further includes a button to switch between a virtual keypad with letters and a virtual keypad with symbols. 
   
   
       10 . The wireless communications device of  claim 7 , wherein the standard keyboard layout comprises one of QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY or DVORAK. 
   
   
       11 . The wireless communications device of  claim 7 , wherein the narrow display is a touchscreen display.