Patent Document ID: 8539348
Application ID: 12697874

Base Claim:
1. A method of enabling input into an electronic device that comprises a plurality of input members having a number of characters assigned thereto, and a memory having stored therein a plurality of words and a plurality of word frames, each word frame having associated therewith at least a first word comprising a plurality of characters that include a sequential plurality of characters that are all assigned to a particular input member, each word frame being representative of the at least first word and comprising, in place of the sequential plurality of characters of the at least first word, a contracted portion that is representative of any nonzero quantity of the characters assigned to the particular input member, the method comprising: detecting as an input a plurality of input member selections; identifying in the memory one or more words that correspond with the input for at least partial inclusion in an output set; identifying in the memory a particular word frame that corresponds with the input; adding to the output set at least a portion of at least a first word associated with the particular word frame; and outputting at least a portion of the output set.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising failing to identify as a result of said identifying a word that is the same as the at least first word associated with the particular word frame and, responsive thereto, initiating said adding.