Mobile client computer programmed to establish soft keyboard targeting sensitivity

Claim 1

A mobile client computer which compensates for user keying errors comprising: a housing sized to be held in and manipulated by the hand of a user; a processor mounted within the housing and processing digital data; memory mounted within the housing for storing digital data and coupled to the processor; a display mounted in the housing and coupled to the processor and the memory to display information derived from digital data processed by the processor; an input digitizer mounted in the housing and disposed over the display, the digitizer being coupled to the processor and enabling input of digital data by a user; and a control program stored in the memory and accessible by the processor to direct the processing of digital data by the processor; the control program and the processor cooperating, when the control program is executing on the processor; (a) in displaying a plurality of user selectable elements, each defining (I) a determinable center point, (ii) a zone about the center point, and (iii) an entry corresponding to the zone and selectable by a user targeting the zone; and (b) in executing an offset test by (I) recording an entry selected by a user targeting a selectable element and (ii) calculating any displacement of the user's targeted point from the center point of the targeted selectable element; and (c) thereafter adjusting entries by the user in accommodation of the calculated displacement to assure that misplaced user targeting of a selectable element is recognized as the desired selectable element.