Word input method

• US 8,850,311 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2011
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yun Kee Kang
• Original Assignee: Yun Kee Kang
• Inventors: Kang, Yun Kee
• Primary Examiner(s): Dyer, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US13/022,870
• Publication Number:
  US 20110131488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,330 Days
• Field of Search: 715/256, 715/257, 715/259, 715/261, 715/271, 715/773
• US Class Current: 715/261
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90344 by using string matching techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation

Abstract

The present invention provides a word input method including the steps of: selectively inputting one or more letters containing the first letter of the word to be inputted; extracting, as a first priority, a word having less letters than a predetermined number, and which coincides with the word to be inputted, in a sequence from the first letter, from words containing one or more letters, from a word storage unit; extracting, as a second priority, a word having less letters than the predetermined number, from words containing one or more letters, from the word storage unit; extracting, as a third priority, a word having more letters than the predetermined number, and which coincides with the word to be inputted, in a sequence from the first letter, from words containing one or more letters, from the word storage unit; extracting, as a fourth priority, a word having more letters than the predetermined number, from words containing one or more letters, from the word storage unit; dividing the words of the first priority to the fourth priority into the group having less letters than the predetermined number and the group having more letters than the predetermined number, and displaying the groups in the order of frequency on a word display window; and enabling the letters to be converted and completed into a selected word during inputting when the word is selected by a user from among the words displayed on the word display window.

Claims

1. A word input method, including the steps of:

having a word storage unit wherein words having less letters than a predetermined number and words having more letters than the predetermined number are divided;

selectively and sequentially inputting one or more letters containing the first letter of the word to be inputted;

extracting a first word from the word storage unit of words having less letters than a predetermined number, wherein the first word coincides with the input one or more letters in a sequence from the first letter;

extracting a second word from the word storage unit of words having less letters than the predetermined number, wherein the second word corresponds with the input one or more letters at least partially comprising the first letter;

extracting a third word from the word storage unit of words having more letters than the predetermined number, wherein the third word coincides with the input one or more letters in a sequence from the first letter;

extracting a fourth word from the word storage unit of words having more letters than the predetermined number, wherein the fourth word corresponds with the input one or more letters at least partially comprising the first letter;

dividing the first, second, third, and fourth words into a first group having less letters than the predetermined number and a second group having more letters than the predetermined number;

calculating a frequency for each of the first, second, third, and fourth words;

displaying, on a word display window, the first and second groups, wherein the words in each of the first and second groups are in the order of the frequency;

receiving a selection of a word from among the words displayed on the display window; and

enabling the letters to be converted and completed into a selected word during inputting when the word is selected by a user from among the words displayed on the word display window.

2. The word input method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined number of letters is 6.

3. The word input method according to claim 1, further including the steps of:

selectively and sequentially skipping letters except the first letter of the word being input;

extracting only words having more than the predetermined number among the words containing four consonant letters from a word storage unit if the four consonant letters of the word to be entered are consecutively entered, to allow them to be displayed on the word display window, wherein the words corresponds with the selectively input one or more letters at least partially including the first letter; and

converting the unfinished four consonant letters into a selected word if the user selects the word to be entered among the words displayed on the word display window to allow the selected word to be entered.