Patent ID: 8195997

Claim:
A method for inputting digital values which comprise a string of digits and which are situated in a predetermined range only some of whose digital values are valid, the method comprising, during the inputting of at least one digit by an operator, the following successive operations which are carried out repeatedly and automatically, until the validation by this operator of a digital value presented: a) determining and proposing, when particular conditions are realized, at least one auxiliary digit that is associated with a set of digits already input so as to form with the set of digits a proposal value, as a function of said valid digital values; and b) presenting said proposal value to the operator, wherein: step a) is implemented at each inputting of a digit by the operator; in step a), when several digits are simultaneously possible for at least one position to the right of a digit input, at least one position to the right of the digit input is not completed; in step a), during the inputting of a single digit, the single digit is placed in the first position from the left, at which the single digit corresponds to the same digit situated in the same place on at least one digital value which is valid, and the positions situated on the left of this position are completed with the digits situated at the same positions on the smallest valid digital value; and in step b), said proposal value is presented to the operator while differentiating the digits input from the digits proposed and while also highlighting the positions that are not completed by digits.