Handheld electronic device with automatic text generation

• US 20080126079A1
• Filed: 01/20/2006
• Published: 05/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Bumiller, George Baldwin
• Application Number:
  US11/336,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20080126079A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs

Abstract

A method of generating text on a handheld electronic device having an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a memory having a number of language objects stored therein. The method comprises detecting a delimited input comprising a sequence of characters, determining at least a first property of at least the last character of the sequence of characters, and responsive to the determining, providing an output. An improved handheld electronic device implementing the method is also provided.

Claims

1. A method of generating text on a handheld electronic device having an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a memory having a number of language objects stored therein, the method comprising:

detecting a delimited input comprising a sequence of characters;

determining at least a first property of at least the last character of said sequence of characters; and

responsive to said determining, providing an output.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting as the delimited input an input having a sequence of characters corresponding to at least a pair of language objects; and

responsive to said first property of said at least last character of said sequence of characters, providing as said output a language object of said at least a pair of language objects.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

detecting as the delimited input an input having a sequence of characters corresponding to one of said language objects; and

providing as said output said one of said language objects.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

detecting as the delimited input an input having a sequence of characters corresponding to none of said language objects; and

providing as said output said sequence of characters as input.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

detecting as the delimited input an input having a sequence of characters, wherein at least two of said characters thereof comprise a special entry;

substituting a language object for said at least two of said characters of said sequence of characters; and

providing as said output said sequence of characters with said language object substituted for said at least two of said characters of said sequence of characters.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising determining that said at least two of said characters thereof comprise a special entry.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said determining comprises comparing said at least two of said characters of said sequence of characters to entries within an auto-text database.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein determining at least a first property of at least the last character of said sequence of characters includes determining the case of said at least the last character of said sequence of characters.

9. A handheld electronic device comprising:

a processor unit including a processor, an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a memory having a routine stored therein and having a number of language objects stored therein, the routine being adapted to;

detect a delimited input comprising a sequence of characters;

determine at least a first property of at least the last character of said sequence of characters; and

responsive to said determining, provide an output.

10. The handheld electronic device of claim 9 wherein said routine is further adapted to:

detect as the delimited input an input having a sequence of characters corresponding to at least a pair of language objects; and

responsive to said first property of said at least last character of said sequence of characters, provide as said output a language object of said at least a pair of language objects.

11. The handheld electronic device of claim 9 wherein said routine is further adapted to:

detect as the delimited input an input having a sequence of characters corresponding to one of said language objects; and

provide as said output said one of said language objects.

12. The handheld electronic device of claim 9 wherein said routine is further adapted to:

detect as the delimited input an input having a sequence of characters corresponding to none of said language objects; and

provide as said output said sequence of characters as input.

13. The handheld electronic device of claim 9 wherein said routine is further adapted to:

detect as the delimited input an input having a sequence of characters, wherein at least two of said characters thereof comprise a special entry;

substitute a language object for said at least two of said characters of said sequence of characters; and

provide as said output said sequence of characters with said language object substituted for said at least two of said characters of said sequence of characters.

14. The handheld electronic device of claim 13 wherein said routine is further adapted to determine that said at least two of said characters thereof comprise a special entry.

15. The handheld electronic device of claim 13 wherein said routine is further adapted compare said at least two of said characters of said sequence of characters to entries within an auto-text database

16. The handheld electronic device of claim 9 wherein for determine at least a first property of at least the last character of said sequence of characters said routine is further adapted to determine the case of said at least the last character of said sequence of characters.

17. A method of generating text on a handheld electronic device having an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a memory having a number of language objects stored therein, the method comprising:

detecting a delimited input comprising a sequence of characters associated with at least a pair of language objects within a database;

examining a last character of said sequence of characters;

providing as an output one of said at least a pair of language objects when said last character of said sequence of characters is input in a first case; and

providing as an output another of said at least a pair of language objects when said last character of said sequence of characters is input in a second case.

18. A method of generating text on a handheld electronic device having an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a memory having a number of language objects stored therein, the method comprising:

detecting a delimited input comprising a sequence of characters;

examining a first character and a second character, wherein said second character is adjacent to said first character within said sequence of characters;

providing an output having a substitute character for at least one of said first character and said second character when said first character and said second character are special.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising changing the case of at least one of said characters in said sequence of characters in response to said providing an output having a substitute character.