Patent ID: 6307549
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An input disambiguating method for disambiguating ambiguous input sequences entered by a user on a user input device having a plurality of inputs, each of the plurality of inputs being associated with a plurality of characters, the disambiguating method comprising:generating an input sequence each time an input is selected by manipulating the user input device, wherein the generated sequence corresponds to the sequence of inputs that have been selected and has a textual interpretation that is ambiguous due to the plurality of characters associated with each input;identifying at least one object from a plurality of objects that are stored in a memory that is coupled to the user input device, the plurality of objects including textual objects that are completed words and textual objects that comprise a string of characters corresponding to the initial characters of an uncompleted word, at least one object of the plurality of objects being associated with each generated input sequence and each of the plurality of objects being associated with an input sequence and a frequency of use;automatically selecting an object having a highest frequency of use from the identified objects associated with each generated input sequence; andgenerating an output signal causing an output device to provide the user the selected object as a textual interpretation of the entered input sequence.