Reduced keyboard disambiguating computer

An electronic disambiguating word input device, comprising:

• (a) a display,
• (b) a keyboard with two or more letters associated with each of a plurality of keys such that a stroke of one of said keys is ambiguous as to which letter associated with the key is intended, a key identifier sequence being generated each time a key is selected,
• (c) a memory containing a plurality of key identifier sequences and, associated with each key identifier sequence, a set of words whose spellings correspond to the key identifier sequence,
• (d) a logic circuit which receives each key identifier sequence from said keyboard and presents on said display at least one of the words from the set of words whose spelling corresponds to the key identifier sequence, and
• (e) a user input circuit which receives from a user a selection of one of the words from the set of words whose spelling corresponds to the key identifier sequence.

An electronic disambiguating word and numbers input device, comprising:

• (a) a keyboard with two or more letters associated with each of a plurality of keys and a numeral associated with each of said plurality of keys such that a stroke of one of said keys is ambiguous as to which of the two or more letters or the numeral associated with the key is intended, a key identifier sequence being generated each time a key is selected,
• (b) a first memory containing a plurality of key identifier sequences and, associated with each key identifier sequence, a set of words whose spellings correspond to the key identifier sequence,
• (c) a first logic circuit which receives each key identifier sequence from said keyboard, presents to a user at least one of the words from the set of words whose spellings correspond to the key identifier sequence, and presents to a user a sequence of numerals corresponding to the key identifier sequence, and
• (d) a user input circuit which receives from a user a selection of one of the words from the set of words whose spelling corresponds to the key identifier sequence or the sequence of numerals.

A data storage medium containing a logic program which program causes a logic processor to:

• (a) receive a sequence of key identifiers from a keyboard with two or more letters associated with each of a plurality of keys such that a stroke of one of the keys is ambiguous as to which letter associated with the key is intended, a key identifier sequence being generated each time a key is selected,
• (b) compare the received sequence of key identifiers to sequences of key identifiers in a first memory containing a plurality of sequences of key identifiers and, associated with each sequence of key identifiers, a set of words whose spellings correspond to the sequence,
• (c) display to a user at least one of the words from the set of words whose spellings correspond to each sequence, of key identifiers, and
• (d) receive from a user a selection of a word from the set of words.

A data storage medium containing a logic program which program causes a logic processor to:

• (a) receive a sequence of key identifiers from a keyboard with two or more letters associated with each of a plurality of keys and a numeral associated with each of the plurality of keys such that a stroke of one of the keys is ambiguous as to which of the two or more letters or the numeral associated with the key is intended, a key identifier sequence being generated each time a key is selected,
• (b) compare the received sequence of key identifiers to sequences of key identifiers in a first memory containing a plurality of sequences of key identifiers and, associated with each sequence of key identifiers, a set of words whose spellings correspond to the sequence and a numeral which corresponds to the sequence,
• (c) display to a user at least one of the words from the set of words in the memory whose spelling corresponds to each sequence and a numeral which corresponds to each sequence of key identifiers, and
• (d) receive from a user a selection of a word from the set of words or the sequence of numerals.