Device for user input
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1. A device comprising:
- an input device including a plurality of buttons;
said plurality of buttons designed in a manner to decrease user input error, wherein said plurality of buttons differ or alternately differ in shape to reduce user input error.
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Abstract
An electronic device receives text inputs. The device predicts the user'"'"'s intended input by analyzing text previously and subsequently entered. The device compares the previous and subsequent input to the current input to ensure that the inputs are compatible. The device may also be capable of comparing previous input to predict current input. The device also may contain a keyboard designed to minimize user input error. Examples to which this invention applies include predictive text and autocorrect features of word processors and mobile phones.
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30 Claims
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1. A device comprising:
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an input device including a plurality of buttons; said plurality of buttons designed in a manner to decrease user input error, wherein said plurality of buttons differ or alternately differ in shape to reduce user input error. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A device comprising:
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a plurality of buttons; a memory; rules for predicting intended user input applied by said device; said rules comprising at least one of language, user popularity, or user defined rules, or words used commonly in combination; said rules applied to analyze current input in the context of previous input; and said analysis predicting a user'"'"'s intended input to complete an incomplete input. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An input device comprising:
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buttons arranged in a pattern; the pattern containing two differing and repeating button shapes; the first button with a shape with the upper border substantially longer than the lower border; the second button with a shape with the lower border substantially longer than the upper border; and the pattern alternately repeating to complete the buttons an input device.
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