AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE SELECTION FOR TEXT INPUT IN MESSAGING CONTEXT
First Claim
1. Method of controlling a keypad input mode for a text message entered on an electronic equipment for wireless communication, the method comprising steps for:
- determining a language setting for the text message, andsetting the keypad input mode to a dictionary-based disambiguation mode relating to the determined language setting,whereby the language setting used at the beginning of the text message corresponds to the language setting used for the last text message entered on the electronic equipment for wireless communication or corresponds to the language determined for a received text message to be replied by the text message, and the language setting is subject to be changed if a match for a predetermined number of text elements entered for the text message is present in a further dictionary-based disambiguation mode related to a different language setting.
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Abstract
A method of controlling a keypad input mode for a text message entered on an electronic equipment for wireless communication (1) is provided that comprises steps for determining a language setting for the text message (S1) and for setting the keypad input mode to a dictionary-based disambiguation mode related to the determined language setting (S2). The language setting used at the beginning of the text message is hereby determined as the language setting used for the last text message entered on the electronic equipment for wireless communication (1) or as the language determined for a received text message to be replied by the text message, and the language setting used is subject to be changed if a match for a predetermined number of text elements entered for the text message is present in a further dictionary-based disambiguation mode related to a different language setting.
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22 Claims
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1. Method of controlling a keypad input mode for a text message entered on an electronic equipment for wireless communication, the method comprising steps for:
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determining a language setting for the text message, and setting the keypad input mode to a dictionary-based disambiguation mode relating to the determined language setting, whereby the language setting used at the beginning of the text message corresponds to the language setting used for the last text message entered on the electronic equipment for wireless communication or corresponds to the language determined for a received text message to be replied by the text message, and the language setting is subject to be changed if a match for a predetermined number of text elements entered for the text message is present in a further dictionary-based disambiguation mode related to a different language setting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22)
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11. Electronic equipment for wireless communication with a language-sensitive keypad input mode control for a text message entry, the electronic equipment for wireless communication comprising:
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a keypad having at least one key to which more than one character is assigned for alphabetic input, a language setting determination means for determining a language setting, a keypad mode control means adapted for controlling the keypad input mode in correspondence to a dictionary-based disambiguation mode relating to a language setting determined by the language setting determination means, whereby the language setting determination means is adapted to determine the language setting used at the beginning of the text message corresponding to the language setting used for the last text message entered on the electronic equipment for wireless communication or corresponding to the language determined for a received text message to be replied by the text message, and the language setting determination means is further adapted to change the language setting if a match for a predetermined number of text elements entered for the text message is present in a further dictionary-based disambiguation mode relating to a different language setting. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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