Method and system for presenting alternatives for selection using adaptive learning

A computer-readable storage medium for use in a computer system having a display device and a keyboard having keys, the storage medium holding instructions for:

• associating a sequence of alternative characters with a predetermined key character, wherein the characters in the sequence are ordered in decreasing order of their likelihood of selection;
• in response to a user selecting the predetermined key character, displaying the first character in the sequence on the display device;
• and
• in response to user input, invoking a replace function to replace the displayed character with the next character in the sequence until the target character in the sequence is displayed.

In a computer system having an output device and a keyboard having keys, a method for presenting alternative characters on the display device for selection by a user of the computer system comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

• outputting text that includes characters on the output device;
• selecting one of the characters in the text in response to a user request, wherein the selected character is included in a predetermined sequence of alternative characters and wherein the sequence is ordered in decreasing order of their likelihood of selection;
• and
• in response to a user using the keyboard to request replacement of the selected character, replacing the selected character with the next character in the sequence of alternative characters until the target character is displayed.

A computer-readable storage medium for use in a computer system that has an output device that displays text that includes characters and a keyboard having keys, said medium holding instructions for:

• outputting text that includes characters on the output device;
• selecting one of the characters in the text in response to a user request, wherein the selected character is included in a predetermined sequence of alternative characters and wherein the sequence is ordered in decreasing order of their likelihood of selection;
• and
• in response to a user using the keyboard to request replacement of the selected character, replacing the selected character with the next character in the sequence of alternative characters until the target character is displayed.

A computer system comprising:

• an output device for outputting characters;
• a keyboard having keys for entering characters when a user depresses the keys;
• and
• a storage device on which is stored a character selection component for selecting which character in a sequence of alternative characters is displayed on the output device when a selected one of the keys is depressed, wherein the characters in the sequence are ordered in decreasing order of their likelihood of selection;
• wherein said character selection component includes a replacement component for replacing the displayed character with the next character in the sequence until the target character in the sequence is displayed.