US 2004/0070571 A1 · Speed writer program and device with speed writer program installed

Abstract

A SpeedWriter program of this invention that upon loaded into a PDA, cell phone, tablet PC, or other computer processor, the loads lists of words, phrases and special characters on disk or memory in the computer that we will refer to as a dictionary. To get to the word, the user must search through the dictionary. SpeedWriter uses the editing functions of the system by treating SpeedWriter input as combinations of keyboard strokes and of a pointing device. SpeedWriter can accommodate a word, phrase, and whole sections of text rather than just characters. SpeedWriter can use dictionaries of common phrases and include algorithms to constantly update a user's frequently used groups of words. that involves quickly scanning an internal dictionary and providing text or word options based upon selected alphanumeric sets, and further narrowing the sets of characters until the desired text is selected and also a family of devices with this method programmed there within.

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Dependent claims

A device for a user to enter word text data, comprising:

a data processor;
a touch sensitive screen in communication with said processor;
a dictionary of words loaded within device memory, said memory in communication with said processor;
said processor programmed to provide an option list of initial letters of words on said screen;
said processor programmed to provide on-screen follow-up options as to selection of particular words in response to a user touching one of said initial letters displayed on said screen and allowing for progressive narrowing of said on screen options in response to the user's selection of follow-up options;
and
said processor providing additional options until the user selects a desired word for text entry.

4 more elements

A device for a user to enter word text data, comprising:

a data processor;
a touch sensitive screen in communication with said processor;
a dictionary of words loaded within device memory, said memory in communication with said processor;
and
said processor programmed to allow selection of words from said dictionary for text entry in response to a users touching said screen at a contact location and varying contact location to access, display, and select specific words for text data.

2 more elements

A program for a processor of a device for a user to enter word text data, the device having a data processor, a touch sensitive screen in communication with the processor, a dictionary of words loaded within device memory, the memory in communication with the processor, and the screen being defined by X lateral and Y vertical coordinates, comprising the steps of:

allowing selection of words from the dictionary for text entry in response to a users touching said screen at a contact location;
and
varying contact location to access, display, and select specific words for text data.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Speed writer program and device with speed writer program installed

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Speed writer program and device with speed writer program installed

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Abstract

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