Patent ID: 7600196

Claim:
A method of arranging symbols for display on a computing device, the method comprising: activating a symbol input menu on a display of the computing device to receive at least one symbol; selecting a first symbol from one of a plurality of categories in response to a first input for selecting the first symbol; assigning a first display priority to the first symbol in response to the first input; assigning a second display priority to a second symbol in response to the first input, wherein the second symbol is associated with the first symbol based on a user's use history of the first and second symbols together; displaying a first symbol set with a first priority category to which the first symbol belongs; and displaying the second symbol in the first symbol set according to the second display priority in response to a second input for selecting a symbol after the first display priority has been assigned to the first symbol, wherein the first and second symbols are special symbols and the second symbol is a symbol most frequently selected by the user in association with the first symbol according to the use history.