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US 2010/0149107 A1Published application
Predictive keypad/keyboard lighting to guide input
AssigneeVerizon Data Services Inc.
InventorPaul O. PERRY
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Abstract
A device receives one or more input keys via a keypad associated with the device, where the keypad is separate from a display associated with the device. The device also determines one or more predicted words based on the received one or more input keys, and illuminates one or more keys associated with the keypad that correspond to one or more characters provided in the one or more predicted words.
Claims21
A computing device-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving one or more input keys via a keypad associated with the computing device, where the keypad is separate from a display associated with the computing device;
- determining one or more predicted words based on the received one or more input keys;
- and
- accentuating one or more keys associated with the keypad that correspond to one or more characters provided in the one or more predicted words.
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A device comprising:
- a keypad that includes a plurality of keys;
- a light source that includes a plurality of light segments, the light source being configured to illuminate the keypad;
- a display separate from the keypad;
- a memory to store a plurality of instructions;
- and
- a processor to execute instructions in the memory to:
- receive one or more input keys via the keypad,
- determine one or more predicted words based on the received one or more input keys, and
- activate the light source to accentuate one or more of the plurality of keys that correspond to one or more characters provided in the one or more predicted words.
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A system comprising:
- means for receiving input keys via a keypad associated with a device, where the keypad is separate from a display associated with the device;
- means for determining a predicted word based on the received input keys;
- means for accentuating a key associated with the keypad that corresponds to a character provided in the predicted word;
- means for displaying, on the display, a predicted character that corresponds to the character provided in the predicted word;
- means for determining if a word associated with the received input keys is contained in a database associated with the device when no more input keys are received via the keypad;
- and
- means for storing the word in the database when the word is not contained in the database.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.