Patent ID: 7162694
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a user-desired word into a computer, the method comprising the steps of: (a) having the computer select a character in an alphabetical range; (b) having the computer select a word as a function of the selected character, the selected word having a character sequence; (c) presenting the word to the user; (d) receiving an indication from the user indicating whether a user-desired character of the desired word is alphabetically preceding or succeeding the computer-selected character or whether the computer-selected character matches the user-desired character; (e) adjusting the range of characters or retaining the computer-selected character based on the user's indication; wherein if step (d) includes receiving an indication that the computer-selected character is the user-desired character, step (e) comprises retaining the computer-selected character, and further comprising step (f) of advancing to the next character of the character sequence, if any; wherein step (a) includes having the computer select the character as a function of a probability of the character in the range of characters; and