Patent ID: 9134809
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a display; one or more processors operatively coupled to the display; a keyboard component executed on the one or more processors for presenting a virtual keyboard on the display, the virtual keyboard including a plurality of selectable keys, the keys being grouped into a plurality of contiguous blocks, each block including a plurality of adjacently positioned keys; a first control separate from the display, the first control activatable for producing a first type of keyboard control input for navigating a focus between a key of a first block of the plurality of contiguous blocks to a centrally located key of a second block of the plurality of contiguous blocks; and a second control, separate from the display and the first control, the second control activatable for producing a second type of keyboard control input for navigating the focus between individual keys of the blocks; wherein the keyboard component is configured to present one or more suggested words based, at least in part, on the plurality of selectable keys contained in a particular block in which the focus is currently located.