Synchronization of text data among a plurality of devices

• US 10,168,800 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2016
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Seok Won, Kim, Wan Seok, Shim, Jae Seok, Kim, Jun Hee, Hwang, Jae Ung
• Primary Examiner(s): He, Jialong
• Application Number:
  US15/056,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20160252972A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,037 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/183 using context dependencies, e.g. language models
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation methods for entering alphabetical characters per se G06F3/0237
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store language model data, a communication module configured to communicate with a server, an input interface configured to obtain a sentence input, and a processor configured to update the language model data based on the sentence input and cause the communication module to transmit the language model data to the server in order to synchronize the language model data with another electronic device associated with a user account of the electronic device.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a memory configured to store a first language model for providing an input word prediction function;

a communication module configured to communicate with a server;

an input interface configured to obtain a sentence input; and

a processor configured to;

update the first language model based on the sentence input, and

synchronize an updated portion of the first language model with a second language model of another electronic device by causing the communication module to transmit information on the sentence input to the server, wherein a type of the second language model is different from a type of the first language model,

wherein the transmitted information includes type information of the first language model,

wherein the information on the sentence input is provided to the other electronic device, and

wherein the information on the sentence input is used by the other electronic device to update the second language model.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the transmitted information does not include language model data of the first language model.