Patent Document ID: 8990738
Application ID: 14304843

Base Claim:
1. An apparatus for key input comprising: a keyboard configured to accept a plurality of key inputs, wherein one key input of the key inputs is a long pressing key input, wherein the long pressing key input is received by: long pressing a key to display and cycle through a character sequence; long pressing a key to enter a number/digit explicitly; or a combination of long pressing a key to display and cycle through a character sequence and long pressing a key to enter a number/digit explicity; wherein responsive to receiving a key input, a single, character is received.

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Claim 2:
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising: a processor executing instructions for generating a first set of character sequences, based on a sequence of key inputs, wherein each character of each character sequence in the first set of character sequences corresponds to either an intended key input or a potentially intended key input, and wherein each character of each character sequence in the first set of character sequences is selected from the plurality of intended or potentially intended charecters associated with the corresponding respective key input; and based on the first set of character sequences, said processor searching a database for objects to identify a first set of potential desired objects, and receiving a selection of a first desired object from the first set of potential desired objects.