Patent ID: 8930813
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a data processing system (DPS), a method comprising: pre-configuring the DPS to enable a user to provide, using an abbreviated word format, a sequence of input characters that are a dynamically selected subset of letters in a target word, wherein the input characters of the dynamically selected subset of letters in the target word are selected from at least one of (a) a first letter of each respective syllable of the target word and (b) consonants in the target word; wherein said pre-configuring further comprises: enabling the user to dynamically and selectively provide as inputs letters from a subset of all the letters in a corresponding target word based on a relative order of letters in the target word; receiving the sequence of input characters from the user; processing the set of input characters received from the user as characters received in the abbreviated word format; generating at least one candidate target word corresponding to the set of input characters provided by the user; and displaying the candidate target word.