Computer having character input function,method of carrying out process depending on input characters, and storage medium

• US 20020007382A1
• Filed: 01/26/2001
• Published: 01/17/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Oshima, Toshio, Nanba, Manabu, Nojima, Shinichi, Onzuka, Shinji
• Application Number:
  US09/769,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20020007382A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/532
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/53 Processing of non-Latin text kana-to-kanji conversion G06F40/129; vowelisation G06F40/232

Abstract

A computer has a character input function, and is provided with a detecting section which detects a keyword specified by one or more input characters, a display section which displays a menu screen indicating registered dictionaries when the keyword is detected, and an issuing section which issues a search request for dictionary data specified by the keyword in a dictionary which is selected as a search target on the menu screen with respect to a dictionary search program.

Claims

1. A computer having a character input function, comprising:

a detecting section detecting a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

a display section displaying a menu screen indicating registered dictionaries when the keyword is detected by said detecting section; and

an issuing section issuing a search request for dictionary data specified by the keyword in a dictionary which is selected as a search target on the menu screen with respect to a dictionary search program.

2. The computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said issuing section issues the search request for the dictionary data specified by the keyword, with respect to a plurality of dictionaries which are selected as search targets during a time when a define instruction is made to define the input characters.

3. The computer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an ending section ending a started program in response to a selection made on the menu screen when a define instruction is made to define the input characters.

4. A computer having a character input function, comprising:

a detecting section detecting a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

a display section displaying a menu screen indicating registered programs when the keyword is detected by said detecting section; and

a starting section starting a program which is selected on the menu screen while specifying the keyword or an attribute value corresponding to the keyword as a parameter.

5. The computer as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

a registering section registering data of a corresponding relationship of the keyword and the corresponding attribute value, according to an interactive process.

6. The computer as claimed in claim 4, wherein said display section displays a program which cannot be started by the keyword on the menu screen with a format which indicates that the program cannot be started.

7. The computer as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

an ending section ending a started program in response to a selection made on the menu screen when a define instruction is made to define the input characters.

8. A computer having a character input function, comprising:

a detecting section detecting a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

a display section displaying a menu screen used for starting a program corresponding to the keyword when the keyword is detected by said detecting section; and

a starting section starting the program corresponding to the keyword when a program start request is issued using the menu screen.

9. The computer as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

a registering section registering data of a corresponding relationship of the keyword and the program, according to an interactive process.

10. The computer as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

an ending section ending a started program in response to a selection made on the menu screen when a define instruction is made to define the input characters.

11. A computer having a character input function, comprising:

a detecting section detecting a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

a display section displaying a menu screen indicating registered conversion programs when the keyword is detected by said detecting section; and

a starting section starting a conversion program which is selected using the menu screen to subject the keyword to a conversion according to the selected conversion program.

12. The computer as claimed in claim 11, wherein said display section displays a conversion program which cannot convert the keyword on the menu screen with a format which indicates that the program cannot convert.

13. The computer as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

an ending section ending a started program in response to a selection made on the menu screen when a define instruction is made to define the input characters.

14. A computer having a character input function, comprising:

a detecting section detecting a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

a display section displaying a menu screen in response to a predetermined operation in a state where the keyword is detected by said detecting section; and

an executing section executing a process using the keyword depending on an item selected on the menu screen.

15. A method of carrying out a process depending on input characters, comprising the steps of:

(a) detecting a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

(b) displaying a menu screen indicating registered dictionaries when the keyword is detected by said step (a); and

(c) issuing a search request for dictionary data specified by the keyword in a dictionary which is selected as a search target on the menu screen with respect to a dictionary search program.

16. A method of carrying out a process depending on input characters, comprising the steps of:

(a) detecting a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

(b) displaying a menu screen indicating registered programs when the keyword is detected by said step (a); and

(c) starting a program which is selected on the menu screen while specifying the keyword or an attribute value corresponding to the keyword as a parameter.

17. A method of carrying out a process depending on input characters, comprising the steps of:

(a) detecting a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

(b) displaying a menu screen used for starting a program corresponding to the keyword when the keyword is detected by said step (a); and

(c) starting the program corresponding to the keyword when a program start request is issued using the menu screen.

18. A method of carrying out a process depending on input characters, comprising the steps of:

(a) detecting a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

(b) displaying a menu screen indicating registered conversion programs when the keyword is detected by said step (a); and

(c) starting a conversion program which is selected using the menu screen to subject the keyword to a conversion according to the selected conversion program.

19. A method of carrying out a process depending on input characters, comprising the steps of:

(a) detecting a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

(b) displaying a menu screen in response to a predetermined operation in a state where the keyword is detected by said step (a); and

(c) executing a process using the keyword depending on an item selected on the menu screen.

20. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a character input program for causing a computer to have a character input function, said character input program comprising:

a detecting procedure causing the computer to detect a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

a display procedure causing the computer to display a menu screen indicating registered dictionaries when the keyword is detected by said detecting procedure; and

an issuing procedure causing the computer to issue a search request for dictionary data specified by the keyword in a dictionary which is selected as a search target on the menu screen with respect to a dictionary search program.

21. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a character input program for causing a computer to have a character input function, said character input program comprising:

a detecting procedure causing the computer to detect a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

a display procedure causing the computer to display a menu screen indicating registered programs when the keyword is detected by said detecting procedure; and

a starting procedure causing the computer to start a program which is selected on the menu screen while specifying the keyword or an attribute value corresponding to the keyword as a parameter.

22. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a character input program for causing a computer to have a character input function, said character input program comprising:

a detecting procedure causing the computer to detect a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

a display procedure causing the computer to display a menu screen used for starting a program corresponding to the keyword when the keyword is detected by said detecting procedure; and

a starting procedure causing the computer to start the program corresponding to the keyword when a program start request is issued using the menu screen.

23. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a character input program for causing a computer to have a character input function, said character input program comprising:

a detecting program causing the computer to detect a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

a display procedure causing the computer to display a menu screen indicating registered conversion programs when the keyword is detected by said detecting procedure; and

a starting procedure causing the computer to start a conversion program which is selected using the menu screen to subject the keyword to a conversion according to the selected conversion program.

24. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a character input program for causing a computer to have a character input function, said character input program comprising:

a detecting procedure causing the computer to detect a keyword which is specified by one or more input characters;

a display procedure causing the computer to display a menu screen in response to a predetermined operation in a state where the keyword is detected by said detecting procedure; and

an executing procedure causing the computer to execute a process using the keyword depending on an item selected on the menu screen.