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US 2004/0177179 A1Published application
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AssigneeFlextronics Sales & Marketing A-P Ltd.
InventorTapio Koivuniemi
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Abstract
The invention relates to a data input method in user terminals having a limited-size keyboard. The inventive idea is that two different data input methods are linked in such a way that toggling between the modes does not require from the user any special action during text input, since the change of mode is automatically performed as a result of keystrokes which are normal when a text is being edited.
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A method for inputting characters into a terminal adapted to operate
- in the first mode using the one-touch entry technique, whereby when inputting characters of a word by pressing multi-tap keys, a word form prediction generated by a word predictive engine is displayed in response to each tap, and
- in the second mode using the multi-tap entry technique, whereby in response to each consecutive tap of a multi-tap key, one character from the group of characters assigned to the multi-tap key is displayed, the method comprising the steps of:
- in response to the deletion of a character
- a) the first mode is changed to an intermediate mode, which is a combination of the second mode and the word predictive engine, and
- b) the previous predicted word form is returned by the predictive engine,
- in response to the further deletion of a character from the previous predicted word form, the next previous predicted word form is returned by the predictive engine, and
- in response to pressing any key for the input of a character in the intermediate mode, said mode is changed to the second mode.
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A terminal which is adapted to operate
- in the first mode, in which terminal characters are input using the one-touch entry technique, whereby when inputting characters of a word by pressing multi-tap keys, a word form prediction generated by a word predictive engine is displayed in response to each tap, and
- in the second mode, in which characters are input by using the multi-tap entry technique, whereby in response to each subsequent tap of a multi-tap key, one character from the group of characters assigned to the multi-tap key is displayed,
- the terminal is further adapted to
- a) change, in response to deletion of a character, the first mode to an intermediate mode, which is a combination of the second mode with the word predictive engine, and
- return the previous predicted word form by the predictive engine,
- b) return the next previous predicted word form by the predictive engine in response to the further deletion of a character from the previous predicted word form, and
- c) change the intermediate mode to the second mode in response to the pressing of any key for input of a character.
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A computer program recorded on memory or data storage means to carry out a method for inputting characters into a terminal operating
- in the first mode using the one-touch entry technique, whereby when inputting the characters of a word by pressing the relevant multi-tap keys once, a word prediction form generated by a word predictive engine is displayed in response to each pressing and
- in the second mode, whereby characters are input using the multi-tap entry technique, so that, in response to each consecutive tap of a multi-tap key, one character from the group of characters assigned to the multi-tap key is displayed,
- said program recorded on said memory or data storage means
- a) changing, in response to deletion of a character, the first mode to an intermediate mode, which is a combination of the second mode with the word predictive engine, and
- returning the previous predicted word form by the predictive engine,
- b) returning the next previous predicted word form by the predictive engine in response to the further deletion of a character from the previous predicted word form, and
- c) changing the intermediate mode to the second mode in response to the pressing of any key for input a character.
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