CUSTOMIZABLE AND PREDICTIVE DICTIONARY

• US 20100318903A1
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Ferren, Bran
• Granted Patent: US 9,092,069 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/259
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/903 Querying for retrieval from the web G06F16/953
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries

Abstract

A first list of forbidden words is selected from a plurality of lists of forbidden words on a computing device when the computing device is set to a first user mode corresponding to the first list of forbidden words, wherein each of the plurality of lists of forbidden words corresponds to at least one user mode of a plurality of user modes and contains user mode-based forbidden words whose use on the computing device is prohibited when the computing device is set to one or more corresponding user modes. First mode-based forbidden words of the first list of forbidden words are prevent from being be used on the computing device for as long as the computing device is set to the first user mode

Claims

1. A method comprising:

selecting a first list of forbidden words from a plurality of lists of forbidden words on a computing device when the computing device is set to a first user mode corresponding to the first list of forbidden words, wherein each of the plurality of lists of forbidden words corresponds to at least one user mode of a plurality of user modes and contains user mode-based forbidden words whose use on the computing device is prohibited when the computing device is set to one or more corresponding user modes; and

preventing first mode-based forbidden words of the first list of forbidden words to be used on the computing device for as long as the computing device is set to the first user mode.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating a pre-loaded dictionary by associating the plurality of lists of forbidden words to the pre-loaded dictionary, the pre-loaded dictionary having basic forbidden words whose use is prohibited regardless of the plurality of user modes of the computing device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of lists of forbidden words are gradually populated with the user-mode based forbidden words based on their use by a user of the computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of lists of forbidden words are gradually populated with the user-mode based forbidden words based on a policy associated with a group.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is set to a user mode of the plurality of user modes according to a user-assigned time slot.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is set to a user mode of the plurality of user modes based on surrounding awareness of the computing device, the surrounding awareness includes identifying a user mode corresponding to a physical location when the computing device is within a proximate range of the physical location.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the plurality of user modes corresponds to a plurality of physical locations.

8. A system having a computing device comprising a storage medium and a processor coupled to the storage medium, the processor to:

select a first list of forbidden words from a plurality of lists of forbidden words on a computing device when the computing device is set to a first user mode corresponding to the first list of forbidden words, wherein each of the plurality of lists of forbidden words corresponds to at least one user mode of a plurality of user modes and contains user mode-based forbidden words whose use on the computing device is prohibited when the computing device is set to one or more corresponding user modes; and

prevent first mode-based forbidden words of the first list of forbidden words to be used on the computing device for as long as the computing device is set to the first user mode.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further to update a pre-loaded dictionary by associating the plurality of lists of forbidden words to the pre-loaded dictionary, the pre-loaded dictionary having basic forbidden words whose use is prohibited regardless of the plurality of user modes of the computing device.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of lists of forbidden words are gradually populated with the user-mode based forbidden words based on their use by a user of the computing device.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of lists of forbidden words are gradually populated with the user-mode based forbidden words based on a policy associated with a group.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the computing device is set to a user mode of the plurality of user modes according to a user-assigned time slot.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the computing device is set to a user mode of the plurality of user modes based on surrounding awareness of the computing device, the surrounding awareness includes identifying a user mode corresponding to a physical location when the computing device is within a proximate range of the physical location.

14. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to:

select a first list of forbidden words from a plurality of lists of forbidden words on a computing device when the computing device is set to a first user mode corresponding to the first list of forbidden words, wherein each of the plurality of lists of forbidden words corresponds to at least one user mode of a plurality of user modes and contains user mode-based forbidden words whose use on the computing device is prohibited when the computing device is set to one or more corresponding user modes; and

prevent first mode-based forbidden words of the first list of forbidden words to be used on the computing device for as long as the computing device is set to the first user mode.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions which, when executed, further cause the machine to update a pre-loaded dictionary by associating the plurality of lists of forbidden words to the pre-loaded dictionary, the pre-loaded dictionary having basic forbidden words whose use is prohibited regardless of the plurality of user modes of the computing device.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the plurality of lists of forbidden words are gradually populated with the user-mode based forbidden words based on their use by a user of the computing device.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of lists of forbidden words are gradually populated with the user-mode based forbidden words based on a policy associated with a group.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the computing device is set to a user mode of the plurality of user modes according to a user-assigned time slot.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the computing device is set to a user mode of the plurality of user modes based on surrounding awareness of the computing device, the surrounding awareness includes identifying a user mode corresponding to a physical location when the computing device is within a proximate range of the physical location.