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Reduced keyboard character selection system and method

  • US 8,896,469 B2
  • Filed: 01/04/2012
  • Issued: 11/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile communication device comprising:

  • a display;

    a keyboard having a plurality of input keys of which at least one is a multi-character key having at least a default character and at least one alternate character associated therewith, and a backspace key;

    a processing subsystem configurable to execute instructions from software applications stored on a memory subsystem, that when executed, the processing subsystem causes;

    displaying on the display the default character associated with a selected one of the multi-character keys;

    deleting the default character on the display in response to receiving a selection of the backspace key; and

    based on a probability, displaying an alternate character associated with the multi-character key.

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