ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY AND METHOD OF FACILITATING INPUT AT THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating input at an electronic device having a touch screen display, the method comprising:
- receiving a character input from a touch on the touch screen display;
adding the character input to a character string;
identifying objects in reference data that have an initial portion that matches the character string;
determining candidate next inputs based on the objects identified;
determining a most probable next input by ranking the candidate next inputs based on a criteria; and
rendering a keyboard with the most probable next input being associated with a primary key and at least one other probable next input being associated with a key located adjacent to the primary key.
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Abstract
A method of facilitating input at an electronic device having a touch screen display, the method including: receiving a character input from a touch on the touch screen display; adding the character input to a character string; identifying objects in reference data that have an initial portion that matches the character string; determining candidate next inputs based on the objects identified; determining a most probable next input by ranking the candidate next inputs based on a criteria; and rendering a keyboard with the most probable next input being associated with a primary key and at least one other probable next input being associated with a key located adjacent to the primary key.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating input at an electronic device having a touch screen display, the method comprising:
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receiving a character input from a touch on the touch screen display; adding the character input to a character string; identifying objects in reference data that have an initial portion that matches the character string; determining candidate next inputs based on the objects identified; determining a most probable next input by ranking the candidate next inputs based on a criteria; and rendering a keyboard with the most probable next input being associated with a primary key and at least one other probable next input being associated with a key located adjacent to the primary key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11)
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8. A method as claimed in claim 8, comprising rendering a keyboard with next probable inputs being associated with keys in the first zone, the second zone and the third zone in order according to the ranking of candidate next inputs, with linguistic objects that are more probable being located closer to the primary key.
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12. An electronic device comprising:
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a touch screen display for receiving a character input from a touch; a memory for storing linguistic objects; a processor for adding the character input to a character string, identifying linguistic objects having an initial portion that matches the character string, determining candidate next inputs based on the identified linguistic objects, determining a most probable next input by ranking the candidate next inputs based on a criteria and rendering a keyboard with the most probable next input being associated with a primary key and at least one other probable next input being associated with a key located adjacent to the primary key.
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