Patent Document ID: 8036878
Application ID: 11131867

Base Claim:
1. A device, comprising: a display screen for displaying m-words of data; a text entry device for entering data; a processor receiving data from the text entry device and causing it to be displayed on the display screen; a nonvolatile memory storing a pre-defined x-gram dictionary containing a plurality of entries, each said entry including an index, a candidate word and a frequency; said processor selecting a list of n-number of candidate words from said dictionary whose index matches the a precursor, where n>1; said processor causing m-number of candidate words from said list of candidate words to be displayed on said display screen, where m>1; said processor causing the display to prompt the user to select one of the displayed candidate words or enter a desired word using said text entry device; wherein upon initial activation and before entry of data into a text field in said text entry device said processor initializes a precursor to a predefined word and wherein the predefined word is selected from the x-gram dictionary from among the plurality of entries as the word associated with the highest order of frequency count and after entry or selection of a word using said text entry device said processor setting the precursor to equal the word selected or entered by the user, said processor selecting a list of n-number of candidate words from said dictionary whose index matches the precursor, where n>1; whereby said precursor provides a context for predicting a next word to be entered into said text entry device.

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Claim 11:
11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein: said precursor comprises at least one word; and if n, the number of candidate words retrieved is a threshold number of words greater than m, the number of words capable of being displayed on the display screen, then said processor increases the size of the precursor by one word, and selects a list of candidate words from said dictionary whose index matches the precursor.