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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2012
Applicants:
Jerome Pasquero, Kitchener, CA;
Donald Somerset Mckenzie, Waterloo, CA;
Jason Tyler Griffin, Kitchener, CA;
Inventors:
Jerome Pasquero, Kitchener, CA;
Donald Somerset Mckenzie, Waterloo, CA;
Jason Tyler Griffin, Kitchener, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 17/276 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method including receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard displayed on a display, generating a set of predicted input characters based on the input character, and displaying the generated set of characters in partitions of the virtual keyboard in proximate association with candidate letters is disclosed. An electronic device and a keyboard configured to perform the method are also disclosed.