Predictive text entry and data compression method for a mobile communication terminal
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
- a display;
means for entering text;
a predictive editor program for generating an output containing words completing a received string of ambiguous keystrokes or matching a received string of ambiguous keystrokes, said predictive editor program has a number of associated vocabularies forming a language dependent dictionary;
characterized by comprising at least one further program that is capable of compressing text data by replacing words with references to said language dependent dictionary and/or capable of decompressing text data by retrieving words from said language dependent dictionary using references to said language dependent dictionary.
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Abstract
The invention relates to mobile terminals. According to the invention, the communication terminal includes a predictive editor application for entering text. The editor is used for editing text for message handling, phonebook editing and searching, etc. The terminal further includes compression and/or decompression software. The invention further relates to a method of compressing data in a mobile terminal on which a language dependent dictionary is stored.
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a display;
means for entering text;
a predictive editor program for generating an output containing words completing a received string of ambiguous keystrokes or matching a received string of ambiguous keystrokes, said predictive editor program has a number of associated vocabularies forming a language dependent dictionary;
characterized by comprising at least one further program that is capable of compressing text data by replacing words with references to said language dependent dictionary and/or capable of decompressing text data by retrieving words from said language dependent dictionary using references to said language dependent dictionary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of compressing data in a mobile terminal comprising the steps of:
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storing a language dependent dictionary on said mobile terminal;
characterized by;
compressing text data on said mobile terminal by replacing words in said text data with references to said language dependent dictionary and/or decompressing text data by retrieving words from said language dependent dictionary using references to said language dependent dictionary. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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