Patent Document ID: RE43977
Application ID: 12338474

Base Claim:
1. A method of interpreting keypad input, the method including identifying a first letter of a target word from activation of an initial key; identifying a set of possible intermediate letters of the target word in response to non-activating traversal of associated keys of the keypad following activation of the initial key; identifying a last letter of the target word from activation of a final key following the non-activating traversal; and determining , by a processor associated with the keypad, the target word based upon the identified first, intermediate and last letters , the determining comprising preferentially considering intermediate letters associated with finger traversal direction changes .

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Claim 9:
9. The method of claim 1 further comprising A method of interpreting keypad input, the method including identifying a first letter of a target word from activation of an initial key; identifying a set of possible intermediate letters of the target word in response to non-activating traversal of associated keys of the keypad following activation of the initial key; identifying a last letter of the target word from activation of a final key following the non-activating traversal; determining, by a processor associated with the keypad, the target word based upon the identified first, intermediate and last letters; and editing identified letters to remove any of a predetermined set of non-occurring adjacent two letter combinations.