Patent ID: 8063879
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A handheld electronic device comprising: a housing including a surface; a first input component comprising a plurality of input members disposed external to the surface of said housing; a second touch sensitive input component disposed about the input members of said first input component, said second touch sensitive input component being separate and distinct from said input members and said first input component and being structured to provide a number of responses responsive to actuation of a number of said input members; and a processor cooperating with said first input component and said second touch sensitive input component to determine if a plurality of said input members are actuated contemporaneously and to output a representation of a single one of said input members based upon said number of responses, wherein said second touch sensitive input component is a plurality of touch sensors being structured to provide said number of responses, said representation is a first representation selected from the best one of said number of responses; wherein said processor comprises a memory storing a word dictionary and a routine, said routine being structured to provide a second representation of a first term formed from a number of previous actuations of a number of said input members and said first representation; and wherein said routine is further structured to select a third representation selected from the next best one of said number of responses, to provide a fourth representation of a different second term formed from said number of previous actuations and said third representation, and to output said third representation if said different second term is found in said word dictionary.