Patent ID: 7088345
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A text entry system comprising: (a) a user input device comprising an auto-correcting keyboard region comprising a plurality of the characters of an alphabet, wherein each of the plurality of characters corresponds to a location with known coordinates in the auto-correcting keyboard region, wherein each time a user interacts with the user input device within the auto-correcting keyboard region, a location associated with the user interaction is determined and the determined interaction location is added to a current input sequence of contact locations; (b) a memory containing a plurality of objects, wherein each object is further associated with a promotion value, and wherein each of the plurality of objects in memory is further associated with one or a plurality of predefined groupings of objects; (c) an output device with a text display area; and (d) a processor coupled to the user input device, memory, and output device, said processor comprising: