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Method and System for Data Input

  • US 20110093497A1
  • Filed: 10/18/2010
  • Published: 04/21/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for data entry comprising:

  • a user interface having a graphical display with input facility;

    a processing unit for executing commands that direct operations of the system;

    a memory operatively coupled to the processing unit having code stored in the memory and a database of a plurality of database entries;

    a system bus connecting the user interface to the processing unit and the memory;

    and the code executing within the processing unit directs the processing unit to;

    provide a virtual keyboard on the graphical display for displaying one or more keys and accepting data entry in the form of a key selection, each key being designated a meaning of a higher level construct of a language and capable of dynamically changing in appearance and meaning;

    provide a searching means to search the database for at least one candidate, wherein a candidate comprises a matching portion having one or more words that match the data entered,said searching means further comprising a first searching means that generates a first list of candidates, each candidate displayed as a key on the virtual keyboard, and a second searching means that generates a second list of candidates from the first list, each candidate of the second list is displayed as a key replacing the first list of candidate keys;

    provide a link object associated to each database entry, said link object pointing to words and sentences that are determined to follow a respective database entry in use of the language; and

    provide a means for generating a third list of candidates, each candidate comprising a sequence of words or a sentence associated by the link object for continuing the database entry across database entries.

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