Patent ID: 7152213

Claim:
A system for accepting data input on an intelligent device having a display, the system comprising: a data entry means having an interface configured to accept data entry actions, the data entry means including a plurality of keys, each of the keys assigned to one or more items for entry; a display area having a plurality of positions, each position configured to present a previously entered item or a current item; a selection list generated statistically based on historical uses from a predefined database, the selection list including: one or more selectable items arranged in accordance with respective possibilities to immediately follow the previously entered item; and a movable cursor configured to highlight one of the items that is most likely to follow the previously entered item, wherein at least one of the keys is re-assigned to correspond to the most likely item so that the one of the keys, when activated, causes an entry of the most likely item, and wherein the selection list is progressively reduced with continuous entries until a completion of a word, the selection list always presents next item that is likely to follow the entries so that the one of the keys is maintained to be activated without having to move to another key to select the next item for entry.