Method for enlarging characters displayed on an adaptive touch screen key pad

A method for enlarging selectable characters displayed on an adaptive touch screen key pad, comprising:

• determining at least one character selected from the touch screen by a touch;
• creating at least one character substring, one for each of the at least one selectable character displayed on the selected button;
• identifying characters on the touch screen included in a list of strings not beginning with the at least one character substring;
• removing the identified characters from the touch screen key pad;
• and
• displaying in an enlarged format at least some of the characters remaining on the touch screen.

An system for displaying characters on a key pad, comprising:

• a touch screen configured to display the key pad;
• a processor configured to:
• display a plurality of buttons in the key pad, each button containing at least one touch sensitive region, each touch sensitive region displaying at least one character;
• sense the selection of one of the touch sensitive regions;
• determine which character strings in a list of stored character strings include the character displayed on the selected touch sensitive region selected;
• remove touch sensitive regions displaying characters not included in the character strings;
• and
• display other touch sensitive regions remaining on the touch screen in an enlarged format.