Non-native language writing aid method and tool

• US 20030011642A1
• Filed: 06/10/2002
• Published: 01/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Sheng, Ye
• Granted Patent: US 7,224,346 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/284 Lexical analysis, e.g. tokenisation or collocates

Abstract

A non-native language writing aid method and a tool for implementing the same intercept and captures the user'"'"'s input, and display possible words and their interpretation in real time adjacent a cursor input. The tool can automatically adjust and select more possible words and their interpretation, while the user sequentially inputs characters constituting the input, until he/she chooses one word or makes a confirmation on his/her input. The invention may implement spelling check and meaning verification in real time, and provide expression prompting and a fuzzy search function, so that non-native language input speed can be greatly improved. The present invention is not limited to specific applications and can be incorporated into existing applications.

Claims

1. A non-native language writing aid method, comprising the steps of:

(a) intercepting and capturing a user'"'"'s input;

(b) adjacent a cursor, displaying possible words corresponding to the input, and interpretation of said words, in real time; and

(c) automatically adjusting and selecting additional possible words and interpretations of said additional possible words, while the user sequentially inputs characters constituting the input, until the user performs at least one of;

choosing one word, and making a confirmation on said input.

2. The non-native language writing aid method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of setting a matching strategy which determines display priority of at least one of words, phrases and usage hints, based on a configuration of the user.

4. The non-native language writing aid tool according to claim 1, further comprising means for setting a match strategy which determines display priority of at least one of words, phrases and usage hints, based on a configuration of the user.

3. A non-native language writing aid tool, comprising:

(a) means for intercepting and capturing a user'"'"'s input;

(b) real-time spelling checking and meaning verifying means, configured to display, adjacent a cursor, possible words and interpretation of said words in real time, and further configured to automatically adjust and select additional possible words and interpretations of said additional possible words, while the user sequentially inputs characters constituting the input, until the user performs at least one of choosing one word, and making a confirmation on said input.

5. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for non-native language writing assistance, said method steps comprising:

(a) intercepting and capturing a user'"'"'s input;

(b) adjacent a cursor, displaying possible words corresponding to the input, and interpretation of said words, in real time; and

(c) automatically adjusting and selecting additional possible words and interpretations of said additional possible words, while the user sequentially inputs characters constituting the input, until the user performs at least one of;

choosing one word, and making a confirmation on said input.