METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DEVICE FOR TEXT EDITING

• US 20090189862A1
• Filed: 01/24/2008
• Published: 07/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: VIBERG, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US12/019,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20090189862A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for enabling a user to edit a text on a screen comprising the steps of: defining the text into at least one block, enabling the at least one block to be selected by the user, associating at least one function with the at least one block, and presenting the at least one block selected by a user and its associated function to the user on the screen upon selection of the at least one block.

Claims

1. A method for enabling a user to edit a text on a screen comprising the steps of:

defining the text into at least one block,

enabling the at least one block to be selected by the user,

associating at least one function with the at least one block, and

presenting the at least one block selected by a user and its associated function to the user on the screen upon selection of the at least one block.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the selected block and/or the associated function are visualized such that the selected block and/or the associated function are emphasized from the rest of the text.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the associated function is visualized in the vicinity of the selected block.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of presenting the selected block further comprises the step of visualizing the block as a three dimensional structure comprising at least an upper area and a main area, wherein content of the defined block is displayed in the main area.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the three dimensional structure further comprises a side area connected to the upper area and the main area, forming a structure that visually protrudes from the rest of the amount of text.

6. A method according to claim 5, wherein each area comprises at least one selectable editing function of the content of the selected block.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the function comprises displaying a correct spelled word or a synonym to the content in the block displayed.

8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the corrected word or synonym is displayed on and/or in the vicinity of the block and arranged to spin into focus, placing the corrected word or synonym as the content in the block.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content of the block is either input characters, space characters or a combination of both.

10. An electronic device comprising,

a memory unit comprising a text processing application arranged to enable a user to input/edit characters, and a block text application arranged to form at least one block from characters of the text processing application, wherein the at least one block is arranged to be selectable by a user of the electronic device, and to associate at least one function with the at least one block, wherein the block text application is further arranged to provide display data for a selected block that has been selected by the user and its associated function,

a control unit arranged to execute the text processing application and the block text application stored on the memory unit, and

a data interface arranged to display the display data of the selected block and the function associated with the selected block.

11. An electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the block application is arranged to display the selected block such that the block is emphasized from the rest of the input characters.

12. An electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the selected block is displayed as a three dimensional structure comprising a number of defined areas, wherein at least one area is arranged to present the associated function.

13. An electronic device according to claim 12, wherein each area is arranged to present at least one editing function.

14. An electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the electronic device comprises means for performing a marking operation and the block text application is arranged to detect that a block has been selected when the user has performed a marking operation direct on or in the vicinity of the block.

15. An electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the data interface is an output interface arranged to display data and an input interface arranged to input data.

16. An electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the input interface comprises a keypad.

17. An electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the data interface comprises a touch screen.

18. An electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the electronic device is a portable device.

19. A computer program product carrying a computer program embodied in a computer readable medium adapted to perform, when being run on a control unit, the steps of

defining characters into at least one block,

enabling the at least one block to be selected by the user,

associating at least one function to the at least one block, and

presenting the at least one block and its associated function when the at least one block is selected by the user.

20. A computer program product according to claim 19, wherein the step of presenting a selected block further comprises the step of visualizing the selected block as a three dimensional structure comprising at least an upper area and a main area, wherein the input characters of the defined block is displayed in the main area.

21. A computer program product according to claim 19, wherein the step of presenting a selected block further comprises the step of visualizing the selected block by emphasizing, such as underlining, enlarging, or the like, the content of the selected block and/or the at least one associated function.