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Data entry system and method of entering data

  • US 9,030,416 B2
  • Filed: 03/19/2014
  • Issued: 05/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method of translating user input into at least one word having multiple characters, the method comprising:

  • displaying a keyboard on a display,wherein the keyboard comprises multiple character indicators;

    receiving a sequence of user inputs;

    encoding the sequence of user inputs into a sequence of discrete input directions by selecting, from a set of predetermined primary directions, a discrete direction most closely matching, or exactly matching, each user input; and

    identifying, using the sequence of user inputs, at least one word in a stored dictionary, by matching the sequence of discrete input directions to one or more patterns corresponding to words stored in the dictionary;

    wherein each of the one or more patterns corresponding to a word specifies a sequence of discrete directions from the set of predetermined primary directions;

    wherein each discrete direction in each sequence of discrete directions specifies a relative directional relationship between;

    a position or area of the keyboard associated with a first character of a pair of sequential characters in the word corresponding to that pattern, anda position or area of the keyboard associated with a second character of the pair of sequential characters; and

    wherein matching the sequence of discrete input directions to the one or more patterns comprises finding matches between;

    items in the sequence of discrete input directions, anditems in the sequence of discrete directions corresponding to each of the one or more patterns.

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