Claims
- 1. A shortcut input unit for providing telephone numbers to be dialed to a telephone, the unit comprising:a. a touchpad for receiving a handwritten input pattern from a user; b. a shortcut library capable of receiving and storing a multiplicity of shortcut patterns wherein each shortcut patter has a telephone number associated therewith; and c. a trainable recognizer having a training mode and a recognition mode, wherein, in said training mode, said trainable recognizer associates telephone numbers received from said user with shortcut patterns received from said users via said touchpad and in said recognition mode, said trainable recognizer detects which of said multiplicity of shortcut patterns a handwritten input pattern received from said user most closely matches and provides the telephone number associated with the matched shortcut pattern to said telephone.
- 2. A shortcut input unit according to claim 1 and wherein said telephone is one of the following group: a cellular telephone, a wireless telephone and a desktop telephone.
- 3. A telephone comprising:a. a dialer for dialing a telephone number; and b. a shortcut input unit for providing telephone numbers to be dialed to said dialer, wherein the shortcut input unit comprises: i. a touchpad for receiving a handwritten input pattern from a user; ii. a shortcut library capable of receiving and storing a multiplicity of shortcut patterns wherein each shortcut pattern has a telephone number associated therewith; and iii. a trainable recognizer having a training mode and a recognition mode, wherein, in said training mode, said trainable recognizer associates telephone numbers received from said user with shortcut patterns received from said user via said touchpad and in said recognition mode, said trainable recognizer detects which of said multiplicity of shortcut patterns a handwritten input pattern received from said user most closely matches and provides the telephone number associated with the matched shortcut pattern to said telephone.
Priority Claims (1)
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119955 |
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RELATIONTIONSHIP TO COPENDING APPLICATIONS
This application is a Division of application Ser. No. 08/878,741, filed Jun. 19, 1997, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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