Patent ID: 8456425

Claim:
A method comprising: a mobile computing device displaying a graphical substantially circular keypad comprising a plurality of keys on a screen of the mobile computing device, wherein the plurality of keys comprises a space key and an enter key, and wherein the mobile computing device displaying the graphical substantially circular keypad comprises: the mobile computing device displaying a circular central key within a center of the graphical substantially circular keypad, wherein the circular central key is one of the space key and the enter key; and the mobile computing device displaying the plurality of keys other than the circular central key in a default key layout as modified according to automatic optimizations that are retained in settings in the mobile computing device, wherein the displayed plurality of keys other than the circular central key radiates outwardly from the circular central key; the mobile computing device detecting a subset of the plurality of keys that is most commonly utilized on the mobile computing device, and a subset of the plurality of keys that is most commonly utilized in combination on the mobile computing device, wherein the detected subset of the plurality of keys that is most commonly utilized on the mobile computing device and the detected subset of the plurality of keys that is most commonly utilized in combination on the mobile computing device are displayed closer to the circular central key within the graphical substantially circular keypad than a subset of the plurality of keys that is least commonly utilized on the mobile computing device in the default key layout as modified according to the automatic optimizations; and the mobile computing device modifying a layout of the graphical substantially circular keypad by relocating a subset of the plurality of keys based on usage patterns.