Communication device and method for inputting and predicting text

A communication device, comprising:

• an input device for entering text character-by-character from a sequence of characters;
• a memory device for storing a plurality of reference character sequences of characters;
• and
• a prediction device for comparing individual ones of the input characters with the reference character sequences and for proposing at least one of the reference character sequences after the inputting of individual input characters of the sequence of characters to be input provides a corresponding comparison result,
• wherein the input device uses drawing movements to enter a number of syllables with respect to two input characters of the sequence of characters to be input, and
• wherein the prediction device compares the number of input syllables with corresponding numbers of syllables of the reference character sequences.

A method for inputting text from a sequence of characters into a communication device comprising:

• inputting a sequence of characters character-by-character by means of an input device,
• wherein after at least two characters have been input, missing characters of the sequence of characters are predicted by means of a prediction device by comparing the characters to character sequences stored in a memory, and
• wherein during the prediction, the at least two input characters are processed as not-directly-adjacent characters of the sequence of characters;
• wherein a display device with a touch-sensitive text input area is used for a character input, and a drawing movement between various characters of the touch-sensitive text input area is for marking separated characters of a single coherent character sequence.

A communication device comprising:

• an interactive display device for displaying characters in a text input area and for touch-sensitively selectable inputting a sequence of characters by drawing movement between various characters of the text input area for marking separated characters of a single coherent character sequence;
• a memory device for storing a plurality of reference character sequences of characters;
• and
• a prediction device for comparing the sequence of characters to characters that are not directly adjacent to the reference character sequences and for proposing at least one of the reference character sequences after inputting the sequence of characters.

A communication device comprising:

• an interactive display device for displaying characters in a text input area and for touch-sensitively selectable inputting a sequence of characters by drawing movement between various characters of the text input area for marking separated characters of a word, wherein the sequence of characters are a portion of characters within the word and the first and the last character of the sequence of characters are the same to the first and the last character of the sequence of the word;
• a memory device for storing a plurality of reference character sequences;
• and
• a prediction device for comparing the sequence of characters to the stored reference character sequences and for proposing at least one of the reference character sequences after inputting the sequence of characters.