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 7:
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising outputting as at least a portion of the at least portion of the output set at least a portion of the at least first word, the at least portion of the at least first word comprising a quantity of characters that is one of: one greater than the quantity of the plurality of input member selections of the input, and one lesser than the quantity of the plurality of input member selections of the input.