History
Predictive entry of text from a telephone keypad has been known at least since the 1970s (Smith and Goodwin, 1971). Aspects of predictive text have been patented for instance by Kondraske(1985), and as a fully functional keypad to text system for communicating with deaf people via phone in 1988 (Roy Feinson #4,754,474). Predictive text was mainly used to look up names in directories over the phone, until mobile phone text messaging came into widespread use.
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