METHOD AND DEVICE INCORPORATING IMPROVED TEXT INPUT MECHANISM
First Claim
1. Context sensitive text input method, comprising the steps of:
- determining a list of candidates for the present input context, a candidate being a possible textual continuation of the present context;
arranging the candidates in groups, each group having a group designator;
displaying the group designators;
prompting the user to select a group and receiving the user selection;
displaying candidates of the selected group, the displayed candidates being arranged according to their respective contextual relevance;
prompting the user to select a candidate and receiving the user selection; and
accepting the selected candidate as text input and updating the context.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and device incorporating an improved text input mechanism. The text input method comprising the steps determining a list of candidates for the present context, a candidate being a possible textual continuation of the present context and having a relevance score assigned; arranging the candidates in groups, each group having a group designator; displaying the group designators; prompting the user to select a group and receiving the user selection; displaying candidates of the selected group, the displayed candidates being arranged according to their respective scores; prompting the user to select a candidate and receiving the user selection; accepting the selected candidate as text input and updating the context.
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26 Claims
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1. Context sensitive text input method, comprising the steps of:
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determining a list of candidates for the present input context, a candidate being a possible textual continuation of the present context;
arranging the candidates in groups, each group having a group designator;
displaying the group designators;
prompting the user to select a group and receiving the user selection;
displaying candidates of the selected group, the displayed candidates being arranged according to their respective contextual relevance;
prompting the user to select a candidate and receiving the user selection; and
accepting the selected candidate as text input and updating the context. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 26)
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18. Context sensitive text input device, comprising:
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a text prediction component for determining a list of candidates for the present input context, a candidate being a possible textual continuation of the present context;
a candidate grouping component for arranging the candidates in groups, each group having a group designator;
a display device for displaying the group designators and candidates; and
an input device for receiving a user input;
wherein the input device is configured to receive a group selection from the user and the display device is configured to respond by displaying candidates of the selected group, the displayed candidates being arranged according to their respective contextual relevance;
wherein the input device is further configured to receive a candidate selection from the user and to accept the selected candidate as text input;
wherein the text prediction component is further configured to update the context based on the text input and determines an updated list of candidates for the updated context. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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