TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD PROVIDING WORD PREDICTIONS IN PARTITIONS OF THE TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD IN PROXIMATE ASSOCIATION WITH CANDIDATE LETTERS

摘要

A method including receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard displayed on a display, generating a set of predicted input characters based on the input character, and displaying the generated set of characters in partitions of the virtual keyboard in proximate association with candidate letters is disclosed. An electronic device and a keyboard configured to perform the method are also disclosed.