Patent Document ID: 20030011574
Application ID: 09823585
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for selecting an intended word entered using a reduced keypad, where each of one or more keys of the reduced keypad is mapped to a plurality of letters, the method comprising: for an entered key input using a single-tap approach in which one of the keys is pressed only once for each letter, determining one or more sequences of letters as the intended word based on a score for each of the one or more sequences of letters; and, presenting the one or more sequences of letters as the intended word, where a user selects the intended word from the one or more sequences of letters without resorting to a multiple-tap approach in which one of the keys is pressed at least once for each letter, and where the user can indicate without resorting to the multiple-tap approach an accepted one or more initial letters of the intended word from the one or more sequences of letters to cause redetermination of the one or more sequences of letters presented as the intended word.