METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING A WORD TO BE DEFINED IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING AN ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY

• US 20070260452A1
• Filed: 05/02/2007
• Published: 11/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Son, Jae-Gon, Lee, Seok-Gon, Kim, Ki-Tae, Han, Yong-Hee
• Application Number:
  US11/743,335
• Publication Number:
  US 20070260452A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/157 using dictionaries or tables
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries

Abstract

A method and device for selecting a word to be defined in a mobile communication terminal having an electronic dictionary function. The method includes selecting a word in a displayed text document in response to a first input, displaying the selected word in a search window, searching for the displayed word in response to a request to search for the displayed word, displaying information resulting from the search, and terminating display of the information and displaying the text document.

Claims

1. A method for selecting a word to be defined using an electronic dictionary function in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

selecting a word in a displayed text document in response to a first input;

displaying the selected word in a search window;

searching for the displayed word in response to a request to search for the displayed word;

displaying information resulting from the search; and

terminating display of the information and displaying the text document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting a word in a displayed text document in response to a user input comprises designating a word including a word to search for as a block in the displayed text document.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein designating a word including a word to search for as a block in the displayed text document comprises controlling movement of a preset selection box within the text document.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the selected word in a search window comprises generating and activating the search window.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising extracting a word to search for after activating the search window.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein extracting a word to search for comprises deleting a character in the displayed word in response to a second input.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein extracting a word to search for comprises moving a cursor in the search window in response to a second input and deleting a character in the displayed word at a position corresponding to the cursor position in response to a third input.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein displaying the selected word in a search window comprises displaying, after the search window is activated, the word according to key input of a user, and

wherein searching for the displayed word comprises searching for a meaning of the input word in an electronic dictionary data storage unit according to user request.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein terminating display of the information and displaying the text document comprises returning to a text document mode after the mobile communication terminal uses an electronic dictionary function.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein designating a word including a word to search for as a block in the displayed text document comprises dividing words included in the text document into a word that can be searched for using an electronic dictionary and a word that cannot be searched for using the electronic dictionary.

11. The method of claim 5, wherein extracting a word to search for comprises adding a character to the displayed word in response to a second input.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein extracting a word to search for comprises moving a cursor in the search window in response to a second input and adding a character to the displayed word at a position corresponding to the cursor position in response to a third input.

13. A method for selecting a word to be defined using an electronic dictionary function in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

selecting a word in a displayed text document in response to a first input;

displaying the selected word in a search window;

searching for the displayed word in response to a request to search for the displayed word; and

displaying information resulting from the search.

14. A mobile communication terminal with an electronic dictionary function, comprising:

a display unit to display a text document;

a search window processor to display a word selected from the displayed text document in a search window in response to a first input;

an electronic dictionary data storage unit to store a lexical meaning of the word;

an electronic dictionary data processor to search for the word displayed in the search window in the electronic dictionary data storage unit; and

a controller to output the lexical meaning of the word found in the electronic dictionary data storage unit to the display unit.

15. The mobile communication terminal of claim 14, wherein the search window processor designates the word selected from the displayed text document as a block using a selection box, and moves the selection box according to a second input.

16. The mobile communication terminal of claim 14, wherein the search window processor designates the word selected from the displayed text document as a block using a selection box and deletes a character of the word displayed in the search window, thereby extracting a word to search for.

17. The mobile communication terminal of claim 14, wherein the search window processor designates the word selected from the displayed text document as a block using a selection box and moves the selection box or deletes a character of the word displayed in the search window according to a second input, thereby extracting a word to search for.

18. The mobile communication terminal of claim 14, wherein the electronic dictionary data storage unit stores the lexical meaning of the word in a database.

19. The mobile communication terminal of claim 14, further comprising an input unit comprising at least one of a key pad and a touch screen.

20. The mobile communication terminal of claim 14, wherein the search window processor generates a word to search for in the search window.