Predictive Keyboard With Suppressed Keys
First Claim
1. In a computer system having a soft keyboard a method of providing keys to a user for data input, comprising the steps of predicting keys have a probability to be entered next, wherein predicting keys includes determining keys have greater probability of being entered compared to the other keys;
- and suppressing keys those are not predicted as likely to be entered next; and
displaying a soft keyboard where only predicted keys are displayed on the soft keyboard; and
apportioning the leftover space from suppressed keys among predicted keys.
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Abstract
A method of predicting keys have a probability to be entered next and suppressing keys those are not predicted as likely to be entered next on soft keyboards. The method displays a soft keyboard where only the predicted keys are displayed on the soft keyboard where the leftover space from suppressed keys are apportioned among predicted keys. So predicted keys may be larger in size on the soft keyboard. This makes the predicted keys more easily typed by users as compared to the other keys.
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20 Claims
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1. In a computer system having a soft keyboard a method of providing keys to a user for data input, comprising the steps of predicting keys have a probability to be entered next, wherein predicting keys includes determining keys have greater probability of being entered compared to the other keys;
- and suppressing keys those are not predicted as likely to be entered next; and
displaying a soft keyboard where only predicted keys are displayed on the soft keyboard; and
apportioning the leftover space from suppressed keys among predicted keys. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- and suppressing keys those are not predicted as likely to be entered next; and
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