Phil Barrett
2003-11-20, 11:30
dean blakketter wrote:
> That's neat. When you do the entry, does it show just the numbers or
> some matching string?
Right now (or rather until 5.0, which means I'll have to do it again,
which is no bad thing) just the numbers, but I have several ideas for
refining it.
As long as it isn't going to be pulled because of the patent issue.
Phil
>
> On Nov 19, 2003, at 10:32 AM, Phil Barrett wrote:
>
>> (Forgive me if this has already been discussed and dismissed)
>>
>> The current Search mechanism for entering text is clumsy compared to
>> single-key methods commonly used on mobile phones.
>>
>> I have implemented ambiguous text entry, where the user just enters
>> 74688<right> to find 'shout' (or any other letter sequence with that
>> mapping to number keys), and I plan to extend this using a dictionary
>> of the actual words used in artists, albums and songs.
>>
>> But I am worried that this is technology covered by the T9 patents,
>> which are heavily protected by AOL/Tegic. (To see the eleven patents
>> in detail, go to www.uspto.gov and search for Tegic)
>>
>> What do we think? Is it too risky to include this technique in open
>> source software?
>>
>> Disclaimer: IANAL, but I have had dealings with software patents.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
> That's neat. When you do the entry, does it show just the numbers or
> some matching string?
Right now (or rather until 5.0, which means I'll have to do it again,
which is no bad thing) just the numbers, but I have several ideas for
refining it.
As long as it isn't going to be pulled because of the patent issue.
Phil
>
> On Nov 19, 2003, at 10:32 AM, Phil Barrett wrote:
>
>> (Forgive me if this has already been discussed and dismissed)
>>
>> The current Search mechanism for entering text is clumsy compared to
>> single-key methods commonly used on mobile phones.
>>
>> I have implemented ambiguous text entry, where the user just enters
>> 74688<right> to find 'shout' (or any other letter sequence with that
>> mapping to number keys), and I plan to extend this using a dictionary
>> of the actual words used in artists, albums and songs.
>>
>> But I am worried that this is technology covered by the T9 patents,
>> which are heavily protected by AOL/Tegic. (To see the eleven patents
>> in detail, go to www.uspto.gov and search for Tegic)
>>
>> What do we think? Is it too risky to include this technique in open
>> source software?
>>
>> Disclaimer: IANAL, but I have had dealings with software patents.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>