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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2005
Robert A. Zak, Cary, NC (US);
Peter M. Mangum, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Shannon Welch, Raleigh, NC (US);
Paul Henry Nichols, Raleigh, NC (US);
Myra Rice, Durham, NC (US);
Robert A. Zak, Cary, NC (US);
Peter M. Mangum, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Shannon Welch, Raleigh, NC (US);
Paul Henry Nichols, Raleigh, NC (US);
Myra Rice, Durham, NC (US);
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
A method of predicting user input to a mobile terminal is presented. The mobile terminal creates a raw user input data record comprised of input to the mobile terminal. A contextual data record is appended to the raw user input data record and both are stored. Another process processes the records contained in the raw user input database to identify repetitive patterns of user input. Identified patterns are stored in a recognized input pattern database. The mobile terminal then monitors current input and compares it to the repetitive patterns stored in the recognized input pattern database. Upon matching the current input to a repetitive pattern within a specified tolerance, the mobile terminal prompts the user to allow the mobile terminal to complete the process of inputting the data.