Touchtype Limited

Alex Nixon

James Aley

Douglas Orr

The present invention provides systems and methods for integrating text prediction from a text prediction engine into a mechanism for searching/filtering/ordering a plurality of items. In one embodiment, the system comprises a text prediction engine configured to receive user text input relating to a sequence of two or more terms, generate a plurality of word predictions for a first term of the sequence of two or more terms and generate at least one word prediction for a second term of the sequence of two or more terms. The text prediction engine is configured to generate a distribution of candidate word predictions for the sequence of two or more terms using the plurality of word predictions for the first term and the at least one word prediction for the second term. The system further comprises a mechanism for filtering/searching/ordering a plurality of items. The mechanism is configured to filter/search/order a plurality of items using the distribution of word predictions for the sequence of two or more terms.

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Alex Nixon