Apparatus and method pertaining to predicted-text entry

• US 9,250,728 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Issued: 02/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Danzinger, Wilfried Richard Alexander, Moerkerken, Gerry Pieter
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): SUN, LI P
• Application Number:
  US13/753,033
• Publication Number:
  US 20140215396A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,099 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means

Abstract

A method includes displaying, via a touch-sensitive display, a plurality of predicted entries as a function, at least in part, of at least some characters entered via a non-virtual alphanumeric keyboard. A first touch is detected with the touch-sensitive display. The first touch is used to identify a first one of the predicted entries. The first one of the predicted entries is selected.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

a non-virtual alphanumeric keyboard;

a processor operably coupled to the touch-sensitive display and the non-virtual alphanumeric keyboard and configured to, in conjunction with entries being entered via the non-virtual alphanumeric keyboard;

display via the touch-sensitive display a plurality of predicted entries as a function, at least in part, of at least some of the entries being entered via the non-virtual alphanumeric keyboard, wherein a first group of the plurality of predicted entries as displayed via the touch-sensitive display are presently immediately selectable via a detected touch and a second group of the plurality of predicted entries as displayed via the touch-sensitive display are not presently immediately selectable via a detected touch;

detect a first touch with the touch-sensitive display;

in response to detecting the first touch, causing the second group of the plurality of predicted entries as displayed via the touch-sensitive display to be presently immediately selectable via a detected touch and the first group of the plurality of predicted entries as displayed via the touch-sensitive display to not be presently immediately selectable via a detected touch;

detect a second touch with the touch-sensitive display following the first touch;

using the second touch to identify a first one of the plurality of predicted entries; and

select the first one of the plurality of predicted entries in response to the second touch.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the touch-sensitive display and the non-virtual alphanumeric keyboard are nonmovably disposed in close proximity to one another and without another active user interface element externally disposed therebetween.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to display the plurality of predicted entries along a side of the touch-sensitive display that is most near to the non-virtual alphanumeric keyboard.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect a third touch with the touch-sensitive display;

in response to detecting the third touch, displaying via the touch-sensitive display a different plurality of predicted entries.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to display via the touch-sensitive display the different plurality of predicted entries as a function, at least in part, of a detected correlation between the third touch and a particular one of the plurality of predicted entries.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect another touch with the touch-sensitive display;

in response to detecting the touch, effect an undo action with respect to a previous predicted entry action.

7. A method comprising:

displaying via a touch-sensitive display a first plurality of predicted entries as a function, at least in part, of at least some characters entered via a non-virtual alphanumeric keyboard, wherein a first group of the first plurality of predicted entries as displayed via the touch-sensitive display are presently immediately selectable via a detected touch and a second group of the first plurality of predicted entries as displayed via the touch-sensitive display are not presently immediately selectable via a detected touch;

detecting a first touch with the touch-sensitive display;

in response to detecting the first touch, causing the second group of the first plurality of predicted entries as displayed via the touch-sensitive display to be presently immediately selectable via a detected touch and the first group of the first plurality of predicted entries as displayed via the touch-sensitive display to not be presently immediately selectable via a detected touch;

detect a second touch with the touch-sensitive display following the first touch;

using the second touch to identify a first one of the first plurality of predicted entries;

based upon detecting the second touch, terminating the displaying of the first plurality of predicted entries and displaying via the touch-sensitive display a second plurality of predicted entries, wherein the second plurality of predicted entries have a correlation with the first one of the first plurality of predicted entries;

detecting a third touch with the touch-sensitive display following the second touch;

using the third touch to identify a first one of the second plurality of predicted entries; and

based upon the third touch, selecting the first one of the second plurality of predicted entries.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein displaying via the touch-sensitive display the first or the second plurality of predicted entries comprises displaying the plurality of predicted entries along a side of the touch-sensitive display that is most near to the non-virtual alphanumeric keyboard.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

detecting another touch with the touch-sensitive display;

in response to detecting the another touch with the touch-sensitive display, effecting an undo action with respect to a previous predicted entry action.

10. The method according to claim 7 wherein the first one of the first plurality of predicted entries is a word and the second plurality of predicted entries include a derivative of the word.

11. The method according to claim 7 wherein the first one of the first plurality of predicted entries is a word and the second plurality of predicted entries includes an inflection of the word.

12. The method according to claim 7 wherein the first one of the first plurality of predicted entries is a word and the second plurality of predicted entries includes a leveraged syntactic category word of the word.

13. The method according to claim 7 wherein the first one of the first plurality of predicted entries is a word and the second plurality of predicted entries includes a gender based difference of the word.

14. A method comprising:

receiving text entries entered on an alphanumeric keyboard;

displaying via a touch-sensitive display a first plurality of predicted entries based upon the text entries and immediately selectable via a detected touch;

while displaying the first plurality of predicted entries, concurrently displaying via the touch-sensitive display a second plurality of predicted entries based upon the text entries and not immediately selectable via a detected touch;

detect a first touch with the touch-sensitive display;

in response to detecting the first touch, causing the second plurality of predicted entries to be immediately selectable via a detected touch and the first plurality of predicted entries to be not presently immediately selectable via a detected touch;

detect a second touch with the touch-sensitive display following the first touch identifying a first one of the second plurality of predicted entries; and

selecting the first one of the second plurality of predicted entries based upon the second touch.