LAYOUT FOR LETTERS OF THE ENGLISH ALPHABET ON THE KEYPAD OF A MOBILE PHONE

摘要

The present invention relates to a layout for letters of the English alphabet on the keypad of a mobile phone; and more specifically, to a new layout for letters of the English alphabet on the keypad of a mobile phone, by means of which it is easy to recognize and use the letters in the English alphabet compared to the traditional layout therefor and texting efficiency is substantially improved. To this end, the present invention provides a layout for the mobile phone keypad in English, featuring easy visual recognition and substantially improved texting efficiency. In the layout, the letters of the English alphabet are arranged on 10 number buttons according to the basic letter composition and the alphabetic serial order as memorized by people, the vowels A, E, I, O and U being used more frequently as relative to the composition ratio thereof are placed as the first letters in the corresponding groups of letters, respectively, shown on each number button, and those vowels are diagonally and equally arranged on the 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 number buttons. This structure provides uniform regularity to the alphabet letters and to the vowel groups on the keypad.