Patent ID: 8381137
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G06F,G10L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for explicit character filtering of ambiguous key input sequences from a reduced keyboard, said apparatus comprising: a processor, wherein said processor manages output of objects to a display operatively coupled to said processor; a keyboard comprising a plurality of keys, said keyboard being operatively coupled to the processor through appropriate interfacing circuitry, wherein at least some of said keys are associated with at least two characters, wherein said keyboard is configured to accept a plurality of types of key inputs including: wherein said processor receives at least one sequence of key inputs from said keyboard, and wherein said at least one sequence of key inputs includes any one of an ambiguous key input and an explicitly entered character input in a particular position within a sequence of key inputs, wherein said particular position is a position of any one of the at least one sequence of key inputs; a means for distinguishing said at least one explicitly entered character input from an ambiguous key input; a memory coupled to said processor, wherein said memory comprises: wherein said characters comprise letters, digits, punctuation marks, Japanese kana, Korean jamos, and icons; and wherein objects comprise sequences of characters, words, part of words, word stems, icons, phone numbers, and inventory records.