Human-to-computer interfaces for reducing the key presses required to input a data string

Abstract From the Canadian patent

The invention relates to an improved keyboard and keyboard driver for facilitating a reduction in the number of key presses required to create or delete a given data string (i.e. mnemonics abbreviations, words, sentences, paragraphs etc.). The keyboard includes an array of keys having multicharacter indicia and an interface system comprising data storage means; data processing means; and data display means wherein the data processing means , reduces key presses by filtering data stored within the data storage means by initial character, as determined by the character or characters ascribed to a data input key initially pressed by a user and prioritising the filtered data , in real-time …