Patent ID: 11886474
Assignee: VEVEO LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A system for indexing items for reduced input searching comprising:
an overloaded keypad; and
control circuitry configured to:
retrieve a string of alphanumeric symbols corresponding to a content item, wherein the string of alphanumeric symbols comprises a first word and a second word;
select a first prefix of the first word and a second prefix of the second word;
identify, based on a character map for the overloaded keypad, a first string of keystrokes mapping to the first prefix and a second string of keystrokes mapping to the second prefix;
generate an index string of keystrokes by concatenating the first string of keystrokes with a delimiting keystroke and with the second string of keystrokes;
associate the content item with the index string of keystrokes;
receive a search string of keystrokes from the overloaded keypad; and
in response to determining that the search string of keystrokes matches the index string of keystrokes, generate for display the content item.