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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7671765 | Apparatus and method for input of ideographic korean syllables from reduced keyboard Systems and methods for input of text symbols into an electronic device comprising a reduced keyboard having keys representing a plurality of characters are disclosed. Possible symbol variants are identified based on character inputs received from the reduced keyboa... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7595742 | System and method for generating language specific diacritics for different languages using a single keyboard layout A diacritic chording system uses a single standard keyboard layout to generate diacritical characters used, for example, by Latin-based languages or languages based on a Roman character set, providing a universal keyboard The key combination required to select a dia... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7385531 | Entering text into an electronic communications device In a method of entering text into an electronic communications device by means of a keypad having a number of keys, each key representing a plurality of letters and/or phonetic symbols, entered text is displayed on a display on the device. Possible phonetic syllable... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382291 | Numeric keypad having keys assigned multiple-strokes for ideographic character input A numeric keypad (100) for entering ideographic characters is provided. The numeric keypad (100) comprises a first set of input keys (102) corresponding to numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and a second set of input keys (104) corresponding to ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7366984 | Phonetic searching using multiple readings The names of contacts are stored as characters. Each character may include one or more phonic codes that are encoded into the character. A smart filter decodes the character into its constituent sounds. An input string is received that includes phonic codes. An appl... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359850 | Spelling and encoding method for ideographic symbols The present invention relates to a spelling and encoding method for ideographic symbols, such as Chinese characters. The spelling method can provide first and second components for identifying first and second groups of ideographic symbols, wherein the two groups ca... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355589 | Alphabet input apparatus and alphabet input method Alphabet input apparatus and method are provided. In the alphabet input apparatus, one alphabet is determined by pressing two keys of a keypad to which ten basic figures made by analyzing shapes of alphabets are allocated respectively. Further, each alphabet corresp... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7333085 | Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood tha... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7319950 | Automated word processor for chinese-style languages A process of data process for producing Chinese-style language character includes the steps of inputting alphabetical letter keys of English languages; inputting numerical keys from 0 to 9; inputting miscellaneous symbolic and functional keys; and inputting specific... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315982 | User-tailorable romanized Chinese text input systems and methods Methods and systems for romanizing Chinese ideograms allow a user to create a personalized spelling dictionary that converts a user's desired roman-alphabet spelling to an equivalent Chinese character. A phonetic combination from a standard Chinese dialect is select... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7295188 | Modified computer keyboard number pad The present invention provides for a number pad section of a keyboard having a plurality of digit keys, a plurality of arithmetic operation keys, and a Tab key operational by the ring or little finger of the operator's hand. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7277732 | Language input system for mobile devices A language system facilitates entry of an input string into a mobile device using discrete keys on a keypad, such as a 10-key keypad. The numeric keys have associated letters of an alphabet. The key input is representative of one or more Chinese phonetic characters.... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269548 | System and method of creating and using compact linguistic data A system and method of creating and using compact linguistic data are provided. Frequencies of words appearing in a corpus are calculated. Each unique character in the words is mapped to a character index, and characters in the words are replaced with the character ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266780 | Method for combining deterministic and non-deterministic user interaction data input models A structure and method for entering data into an electronic device (110). A deterministic data input element (130) coupled to the electronic device (110) is operable to accept a user-selected data input. Modulation of a motion of a non-determini... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263658 | Multilingual input method editor for ten-key keyboards A system and method is shown that is used to input multilingual text into an electronic device comprising a numerical keypad, or equivalent. The system comprises a language input method editor that accesses a character database. Asian and non-Asian languages can be ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257528 | Method and apparatus for Chinese character text input A method and apparatus for inputting Chinese character text into a machine such as a word processor or personal computer. The system consists of an apparatus which forms a closed feedback loop with the operator. The operator supplies stroke selections and other data... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256769 | System and method for text entry on a reduced keyboard A system and method for efficient Asian character text input into a reduced keypad machine such as a word processor, telephone, hand-held computer, or personal computer is provided. The system comprises a data entry keypad associated with a monitor, and a disambigua... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7218781 | System and method for chinese input using a joystick A Chinese text entry system and method is provided to allow users to enter a character to a device such as a cellular phone or a PDA by adding a first few strokes required for the character using a joystick or its equivalent. By simply moving the joystick to add one... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7202802 | Reduced keypad An apparatus is provided with a first plurality of input keys. Each of the first plurality of input keys is associated with at least one numeric value and at least one alphabetic value and arranged in a numeric and first alphabetic telephone keypad arrangement. The ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197184 | ZhuYin symbol and tone mark input method, and electronic device A method for entering ZhuYin symbols and tone marks into electronic text is provided. The method comprises receiving an input symbol and providing a candidate list comprising the input symbol and the Chinese characters associated with the input symbol. After the sel... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194239 | Electronic device and method for managing its keyboard The invention relates to an electronic device and a method for managing the keyboard of the electronic device. The electronic device comprises a keyboard and a processing unit connected to the keyboard over a data transmission connection, the processing unit being c... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190351 | System and method for data input The invention provides a system and a method for data input that can be used with or incorporated into electronic, computer, and portable devices. The interface includes a small set of control buttons or keys that are used to provide access to an associated set of s... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7174288 | Multi-modal entry of ideogrammatic languages A method for inputting ideograms into a computer system includes receiving phonetic information related to a desired ideogram to be entered and forming a candidate list of possible ideograms as a function of the phonetic information received. Stroke information, com... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165022 | Chinese language input system Initials of the Chinese language are classified into nine initial groups. The first touch of a numeric key of a cellular phone selects an initial group including the initial of the desired syllable for input. Then, guidance is displayed corresponding to a final grou... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164367 | Component-based, adaptive stroke-order system An efficient and simple approach to encoding ideographic characters as sequences of input strokes or stroke categories is disclosed, wherein: each character is represented by one or more sequences of one or more components; each component corresponds to a plurality ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7165021 | Chinese language input system Initials of the Chinese language are classified into nine initial groups. The first touch of a numeric key of a cellular phone selects an initial group including the initial of the desired syllable for input. The second touch of a numeric key selects one of initial-... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7111248 | Alphanumeric information input method An alphanumeric information entry process that includes provision and use of a personal context model that correlates various examples of user context against a unique personal language model for the user. The personal language model itself along with considerable c... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109891 | Method for arranging Mandarin phonetic symbols on a keypad A method for arranging 37 Mandarin Phonetic Symbols (MPS) on a keypad includes arranging the 37 symbols onto 12 keys of the keypad. With this particular arrangement, a maximum number of combinations of MPS generated by pressing three keys on the keypad is reduced fr... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107219 | Communication apparatus A terminal is designed so that a user who employs numerical keys, allocated for the entry of dots, can enter Braille dot combinations that are used for the input of characters. The input characters may be output as speech for feedback. Further, when a terminal acces... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7095403 | User interface of a keypad entry system for character input A user interface (102) of a portable electronic device (100) includes a plurality of keys (112). The user interface (102) includes a first group of keys representing vowel characters (402), and a second group of keys representing c... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7081837 | Compressed standardized keyboard A keyboard of reduced size is provided in which multiple characters are assigned to each of the primary keys. The selection of the characters to be assigned to each specific primary key is based on the touch typing rules associated with a specific standardized keybo... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7071845 | Control unit with variable visual indicator A system for controlling an apparatus (11, 21, 31), which system comprises a control unit (13, 23, 33) adapted to transfer control signals to the apparatus dependent on the control data. Said control unit comprises data input means (14, 24, 34, 44 | 07/04/2006 |
| 7061403 | Apparatus and method for input of ideographic Korean syllables from reduced keyboard Systems and methods for input of text symbols into an electronic device comprising a reduced keyboard having keys representing a plurality of characters are disclosed. Possible symbol variants are identified based on character inputs received from the reduced keyboa... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056043 | Keyboard for a mobile device An apparatus has a keyboard panel with a QWERTY array of alphabetic key actuation indicia. The apparatus further has a QWERTY array of keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia, and are located adjacent to corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7032175 | Collision-free ideographic character coding method and apparatus for oriental languages A method and apparatus for representing sets of Chinese or Asian characters having complicated and basic ideographic symbols in collision free combinations of English letters to provide one-code-one-character ideographic character coding. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031798 | Event management systems and methods for the distribution of motion control commands A motion control system for controlling a target device to perform a desired motion operation. The motion control system comprises at least one motion event provider, a motion event manager, and a motion control component. The motion event provider is configured to ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7002491 | System and method for filtering far east languages A system and method is directed to filtering an entry associated with a Far East language character. A potential keystroke is determined for each entry in a database, contact list, text file, and the like. In one embodiment, the entry is a Unicode associated with th... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6982658 | Keypad layout for alphabetic symbol input Layouts for keypads are provided that have an improved combination of a regular of intuitive arrangement of alphabetic symbols of a language defined by letter characters of the Roman alphabet and an efficient distribution of the symbols to minimize input ambiguities... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6980200 | Rapid entry of data and information on a reduced size input area A method and device designed to improve the speed, accuracy, and ease of entry of characters and other symbols by a user. The device is designed to use a reduced size input area as an input source and optionally as a display screen. A set of characters or other symb... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6970599 | Chinese character handwriting recognition system A handwritten Chinese character input method and system is provided to allow users to enter Chinese characters to a data processor by adding less than three strokes and one selection movement such as mouse clicking or stylus or finger tapping. The system is interact... | 11/29/2005 |