ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,339, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Adaptive chord typing system" was invented by Dany Khalife (Bellevue, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples provide an input device for an adaptive chord typing system. An input device includes a plurality of keys and a chord manager in firmware or software on the device. The chord manager analyzes input words and identifies frequently input candidate words. The chord manager automatically generates recommended chords that are shorter than the identified candidate words to serve as a shortcut during typing. The recommended chords are...