REDUCED-KEYBOARD SYSTEM FOR AMBIGUITY ELIMINATION Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: computer engineering. SUBSTANCE: system has input device, memory, display, and processor; memory has plurality of objects incorporating index numbers and associated with sequence of pushing keys and rate of object use; all memory objects are organized in tree structure; processor identifies most frequently used objects and displays these objects; each inputted sequence of input-device key pushing is processed with aid of full dictionary assembled of objects stored in memory; words corresponding to pushed key are submitted to user in rate-of-use reduction order. EFFECT: reduced size, enhanced speed of text input, reduced database capacity. 90 cl, 38 dwg, 1 tbl