TEXT INPUT USING TWO ALPHABETS AND KEY SELECTION FUNCTION Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G06F3/23 

FIELD: physics, computer engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to text input devices and methods, a computing device and a mobile telephone having such a device, and computer-readable media. The text input device includes at least one processor and at least one storage device having a computer program code which, upon interaction with said at least one processor, enable to: receive character strings entered using a plurality of keys or key representations, wherein each or key representation has a plurality of characters displayed on said key or key representation; comparing said character string with a prestored list of character strings; indicating which of said characters are available for selection by the user to provide the next character of said compared character strings by selecting said displayed characters that are next in any of said compared character strings; and ignoring input in response to pressing a key or key representation without selected characters.

EFFECT: eliminating consequences of inaccurate key input, thereby speeding up and simplifying text input.

14 cl, 12 dwg