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HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR OBTAINING NEW LANGUAGE OBJECTS FOR A TEMPORARY DICTIONARY USED BY A DISAMBIGUATION ROUTINE ON THE DEVICE

  • US 20090187401A1
  • Filed: 01/17/2008
  • Published: 07/23/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of obtaining data for use on a handheld electronic device that includes a processor and a memory, the memory having stored therein:

  • (i) one or more routines executable by the processor and providing a text disambiguation function, and (ii) a dictionary including a number of first language objects that is accessible by the one or more routines for use in disambiguating ambiguous inputs received by the handheld electronic device, the method comprising;

    receiving a block of information on the handheld electronic device;

    displaying a representation of at least a portion of said block of information on the handheld electronic device;

    determining whether at least one of one or more predetermined events has occurred following said determining, each of said one or more predetermined events having been deemed to indicate that the block of information includes one or more language objects that should be made accessible by the one or more routines for use in disambiguating ambiguous inputs received by the handheld electronic device; and

    if it is determined that at least one of the one or more predetermined events has occurred, obtaining a number of second language objects from said block of information and storing the number of second language objects in a temporary dictionary included in the memory, said temporary dictionary being accessible by the one or more routines for use in disambiguating ambiguous inputs received by the handheld electronic device.

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