Motorola Corporation

Sheridan Rawlins

Steven J Nowlan

Sreeram Viswanath Balakrishnan

Kannan Parthasarathy

Pierre Demartines

Ali Ebrahimi

David Richard Whaley

Steven Nowlan

A data entry apparatus (,) receives a first character key from a keypad (,). A set of characters associated with the first character key is displayed. A second character key from the keypad (,) is received, wherein a second set of characters is associated with the second character key. A character from the first set of characters is combined with a character from the second set of characters. A set of alternative n-grams is displayed, derived from the step of combining, in descending order based on a probability of frequency of use in a given language. When an alternative n-gram is detected as being actively highlighted, the n-gram is locked to create a locked n-gram and characters associated with subsequent character keys vary in their combinations with respect to the locked n-gram.

Data entry apparatus having a limited number of character keys and method

A method and apparatus for implementing a graphical user interface keyboard (,) and a text buffer (,) on an electronic device. A character that is active upon pointer-up is accepted as a text character, even though the character that is active upon pointer-up is different from a character that was active and inserted in the text buffer (,) upon pointer-down.

Method and apparatus for implementing a graphical user interface keyboard and a text buffer on electronic devices

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Sheridan Rawlins