Motorola Corporation

Ying Y Chang

Manjirnath A Chatterjee

Robert M Harman

Jin Guo

Charles Yimin Wu

Victoria Lyustin

A method in a portable electronic device () including inputting a first word component, for example, a letter or stroke, displaying a first candidate list having at least a first completion candidate including the first word component, inputting a second word component, displaying a second candidate list having a second completion candidate, the second completion candidate including the first and second word components, and de-prioritizing the first completion candidate of the first candidate list relative to at least one other candidate of the second candidate list.

Candidate list enhancement for predictive text input in electronic devices

A numeric keypad () for entering ideographic characters is provided. The numeric keypad () comprises a first set of input keys () corresponding to numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and a second set of input keys () corresponding to numeral 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0. Each of the first set of input keys () has a predefined single character stroke, which complies with the GB18031 standard. The second set of input keys () is assigned a first particular sequence of the predefined single character strokes and a second particular sequence of the predefined single character strokes different from the first particular sequence of the predefined single character strokes.

Numeric keypad having keys assigned multiple-strokes for ideographic character input

The present invention is a user interface () for an ideographic character input device () comprising three rows () of adjacent input keys. A first row () includes keys that represent linear character strokes, a third row () includes keys that represent non-linear character strokes, and the second row () includes keys that represent a linear character stroke, a non-linear character stroke and a dot. The user interface () may also function as a numeric keypad in which the first row () includes keys 1 through 3, the second row () includes keys 4 through 6 and the third row () includes keys 7 through 9. The three rows () include single stroke keys corresponding to individual character strokes used to form a particular ideographic character. The user interface also includes at least one combination stroke key corresponding to a particular activation sequence of the single stroke keys used to form the ideographic character. A processor () of the device () is capable of forming the ideographic character, or a portion thereof, in two ways: upon selection of the particular activation sequence of the single stroke keys and upon selection of the combination stroke key. A display () is coupled to the processor () to display the ideographic character, or a portion thereof.

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Ying Y Chang