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Method and device for inputting a sequence of characters

  • US 7,240,293 B2
  • Filed: 05/11/2001
  • Issued: 07/03/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for inputting a character string into a processing unit, comprising:

  • storing character strings in a memory unit;

    ascertaining selectable characters for a next character of the character string to be input by the processing unit by a comparison of previously input characters to the stored character strings;

    indicating the selectable characters with prominence in a display; and

    indicating one of the selectable characters as a character to be input and inputting the one of the selectable characters as a next character of the character string to be input by a confirmation input, wherein;

    the selectable characters are shown in a two-dimensional field,using a direction input, a change is made from an inputtable character only and directly to one of the selectable characters lying in an input direction in the two-dimensional field with respect to the inputtable character, andthe one of the selectable characters to which the change is made is indicated as the inputtable character.

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