Patent ID: 8098814

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a touch screen; a processor communicatively coupled to the touch screen and configured to execute instructions to: display, on the touch screen, a plurality of keys having at least one of alphabetic characters or numbers associated therewith; the plurality of keys having alphabetic characters number fewer than twenty-six and greater than nine, and no more than two alphabetic characters are associated with each key having alphabetic characters; at least one of the keys having two alphabetic characters and at least one number; the numbers are arranged and displayed in the format of a phone keypad and the letters are arranged and displayed in a keyboard layout, wherein the phone keypad is associated with keys in a first row, a second row, a third row, and a fourth row, with keys in the first row including a number “1”, a number “2”, and a number “3”, with keys in the second row including a number “4”, a number “5”, and a number “6”, with keys in the third row including a number “7”, a number “8”, and a number “9”, with at least one key in the fourth row including a number “0”, receive a single detected touch from the touch screen, the single detected touch corresponding to one of the plurality of keys; determine which alphabetic character or number should be selected based upon a predictive text application; display the determined alphabetic character or number on the touch screen; and wherein the plurality of keys displayed on the touch screen include one or more keys associated with command indicia chosen from a group comprising alt, spacebar, return, backspace, and shift.