Patent ID: 6392640
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: G06F,H01H,H04M

Abstract:
A method for entering words into a computer system, comprising the steps of:displaying an ordered sequence of items, wherein at least two of the items comprise two or more characters, and wherein one item in the ordered sequence is designated by displaying it in a manner different from the others; moving the designation of an item in response to the movement of a rotating cylinder until a desired character is contained in the item being designated, with the force required for the movement of the rotating cylinder varying depending upon the relationship of the cylinder position with an item; selecting the designated item, thus ambiguously selecting one of the two or more characters, by pressing a button; adding the group of characters corresponding to the selected item to a sequence of groups of characters that ambiguously describe the beginning sequence of characters of a desired word; retrieving at least one word from a memory consistent with the sequence of selected groups of characters; adding the at least one word to the ordered sequence of items; displaying the at least one word added; selecting the desired word by moving the cylinder so as to designate the desired word and pressing the button.