Patent Document ID: 5483235
Application ID: 08200800
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of arranging a plurality of discrete areas on an information input device, the input device adapted for input of natural language text, the discrete areas representative of characters, said characters combinable in sequence to produce the natural language text, the discrete areas adapted to be activated by operatively coupling a stylus thereto, the method comprising the steps of: determining, for one or more sequences of two or more of said characters, an estimated probability of the discrete areas representing said characters being activated in sequence, said probability being a function of said natural language text; selecting a majority of the sequences which have been determined to have a corresponding probability higher than a predetermined threshold; and arranging the discrete areas on the input device as a function of said estimated probabilities, the discrete areas representing characters included in each of the selected sequences being positioned adjacent to each other on the input device.