Patent Document ID: 10042433
Application ID: 15505728

Base Claim:
1. A method for inputting a Chinese phrase, and the said Chinese phrase includes 2- and 3-Chinese characters wherein a phonetic code for inputting the said Chinese phrase is full Pinyin for a 1st character and abbreviation Pinyin for a 2nd and 3rd characters and when the number of phrases for the phonetic code is more than a presetting value, then converted phonetic code combinations from a phrase dictionary database will display on an input interface, wherein full Pinyin is displayed for the 1st character, all phonetic code combinations of full Pinyin based on the abbreviation Pinyin are displayed for the 2nd character and abbreviation Pinyin is displayed for the 3rd character; when the a candidate number for a phonetic code is selected, all candidate phrases associated with the candidate number from the phrase dictionary database for such a code will be displayed on the input interface will be entered on the screen upon selection of a candidate number key.

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Claim 3:
3. The method for inputting a Chinese phrase as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the converted phonetic codes for both the 1st and 2nd characters are of full Pinyin, or in case of full Pinyin for the 1st and 2nd characters and abbreviation Pinyin of the initial letter for the 3rd character, all corresponding 2 or 3 character phrases will be displayed in the input window of interface, and the corresponding candidate phrase will be entered on the screen upon selection of a candidate number key.