INPUT PREDICTION

• US 20080126075A1
• Filed: 01/26/2007
• Published: 05/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Thorn, Ola Karl
• Application Number:
  US11/627,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20080126075A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques

Abstract

A communication device may include an input device configured to receive input from a user and a display. The communication device may also include logic configured to identify an application being executed by the communication device and identify a candidate word corresponding to the input based on the identified application. The logic may also be configured to provide the candidate word via the display.

Claims

1. A communication device, comprising:

an input device configured to receive input from a user;

a memory;

a display; and

logic configured to;

identify an application being executed by the communication device,

identify a candidate word corresponding to the input based on the identified application, and

provide the candidate word via the display.

2. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises:

a database comprising a plurality of words, the plurality of words having corresponding information identifying at least one of an application, an identifier associated with the word, time of usage information or location information.

3. The communication device of claim 2, wherein when identifying a candidate word, the logic is configured to:

access the database to identify at least one candidate word.

4. The communication device of claim 2, wherein at least some of the plurality of words in the database have corresponding information identifying at least two of an application, an identifier associated with the word, time of usage information or location information.

8. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the memory is configured to store a plurality of words and next word candidates associated with at least some of the words, wherein the logic is further configured to:

Identify, using the memory, a next word that the user intends to input based on at least one previous word input by the user.

9. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the communication device comprises a mobile terminal.

5. The communication device 1, wherein the memory is configured to store a plurality of words, the plurality of words having corresponding information identifying one of a plurality of applications stored on the communication device.

6. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the application being executed comprises a first one of the plurality of applications and when identifying a candidate word, the logic is configured to:

identify a first candidate word associated with the first application.

7. The communication device of claim 6, wherein the logic is further configured to:

identify a second candidate word associated with a second application, and

provide the first and second candidate words via the display, the first candidate word being provided more prominently in the display than the second candidate word.

10. In a communication device, a method comprising:

receiving input from a user via a keypad;

identifying an application being executed by the communication device;

identifying a candidate word corresponding to the input based on the identified application; and

providing the candidate word via the display.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

storing words in a database; and

storing corresponding information associated with each of the words in the database, the corresponding information identifying at least one of an application, an identifier associated with the word, time of usage information or location information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the identifying a candidate word comprises:

accessing the database to identify at least one candidate word.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the identifying a candidate word comprises:

accessing the database to identify a candidate word based on the application being executed and at least one of the identifier associated with the word, time of usage information or location information.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the identifying an application being executed by the communication device comprises:

identifying a first one of a plurality of applications stored on the communication device; and

wherein the identifying a candidate word comprises;

identifying a first candidate word associated with the first application.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

identifying a second candidate word associated with a second application; and

providing the first and second candidate words via the display, the first candidate word being provided higher in the display or more prominently in the display than the second candidate word.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

storing, in a memory, a plurality of words and next word candidates associated with at least some of the words; and

identifying, using the memory, a next word that the user intends to input based on at least one previous word input by the user.

17. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

receive input from a user;

identify an application being executed;

identify a candidate word corresponding to the input and based on the identified application; and

output the candidate word to a display.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, further including instructions for causing the at least one processor to:

store words in a database, the words being associated with input by the user or information received by the user; and

store corresponding information associated with each of the words in the database, the corresponding information identifying an application associated with the word.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, further including instructions for causing the at least one processor to:

store additional information associated with at least some of the words, the additional information identifying at least one of an identifier associated with the word, time of usage information or location information.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions for identifying a candidate word further cause the at least one processor to:

access the database to identify a candidate word based on the application being executed and at least one of the identifier associated with the word, time of usage information or location information.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions for identifying an application being executed cause the least one processor to:

identify a first one of a plurality of applications stored on the communication device, and

wherein the instructions for identifying a candidate word cause the at least one processor to;

identify a first candidate word associated with the first application.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 21, further including instructions for causing the at least one processor to:

identify a second candidate word associated with a second application; and

output the second candidate word to the display, the second candidate word being provided less prominently in the display than the first candidate word.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, further including instructions for causing the at least one processor to:

identify, based on information stored in a database, a next word that the user intends to input based on at least one previous word input by the user.

24. A mobile terminal, comprising:

means for receiving input from a user;

means for displaying information to the user;

means for identifying an application being executed by the mobile terminal;

means for identifying a candidate word corresponding to the input based on the identified application; and

means for providing the candidate word via the means for displaying.