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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
May. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph C. Chan, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/300 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for entering characters with a reduced number of key presses. The sequence of one or more previously entered characters is used to select a character assignment matrix. The order of characters in the assignment matrix is determined by the probability that the letter will be the next in the sequence, with more likely characters being presented first. Repeated key presses are used to access characters with lower probability.