HANDHELD DEVICE AND TEXT INPUT METHOD

• US 20120017241A1
• Filed: 03/27/2011
• Published: 01/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: YEH, CHUNG-CHIH, WU, CHIAO-YING
• Application Number:
  US13/072,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20120017241A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/37
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42214 using alphanumerical characters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/436 Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

A handheld device establishes a wireless connection with an Internet television including a television display, sends a detection message to the Internet television, and then receives a first feedback from the Internet television. The handheld device determines whether a cursor of the television display shows a text input area of the television display according to the first feedback, and determines a text type of the text input area if the cursor shows the text input area. The handheld device selects one input method corresponding to the text type of the text input area, and inputs a text in the text input area by use of the corresponding input method.

Claims

1. A handheld device wirelessly communicating with an Internet television comprising a television display, the handheld device comprising:

a storage system operable to store a plurality of input methods corresponding to a plurality of text types;

at least one processor;

one or more programs that are stored in the storage system and are executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a communication module operable to establish a wireless connection with the Internet television, send a detection message to the Internet television, and receive a first feedback corresponding to the detection message from the Internet television, wherein the detection message is used to request the Internet television to detect a text input area status of the television display, and the first feedback comprises the text input area status of the television display;

a text determining module operable to determine whether a cursor of the television display shows a text input area of the television display according to the first feedback, and determine a text type of the text input area according to the first feedback when the cursor of the television display shows the text input area of the television display;

a selecting module operable to select one of the input methods corresponding to the text type of the text input area; and

a text input module operable to input text in the text input area by use of the corresponding input method, wherein the communication module further transmits the input text to the Internet television.

2. The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the communication module further receives a second feedback corresponding to the input text from the Internet television, wherein the second feedback includes a plurality of complete words related to the input text.

3. The handheld device of claim 2, wherein the text input module determines whether the input text is a complete word, further determines whether remaining text is input by the corresponding input method when the input text is not a complete word, and continues to input the remaining text by the corresponding input method when the remaining text is input by the corresponding input text.

4. The handheld device of claim 3, wherein the text input module selects one complete word from the complete words included in the second feedback when the remaining text is not input by the corresponding input method, and the communication module transmits the selected complete word to the Internet television.

5. The handheld device of claim 4, further comprising a display module operable to display the input text, the complete words included in the second feedback, and the selected complete word.

6. A text input method of a handheld device wirelessly communicating with an Internet television comprising a television display, the text input method comprising:

providing a plurality of input methods corresponding to a plurality of text types;

establishing a wireless connection with the Internet television;

sending a detection message to the Internet television, wherein the detection message is used to request the Internet television to detect a text input area status of the television display;

receiving a first feedback corresponding to the detection message from the Internet television, wherein the first feedback comprises the text input area status of the television display;

determining whether a cursor of the television display shows a text input area of the television display according to the first feedback;

determining a text type of the text input area according to the first feedback when the cursor of the television display shows the text input area of the television display;

selecting one of the input methods corresponding to the text type of the text input area;

inputting a text in the text input area by use of the corresponding input method; and

transmitting the input text to the Internet television.

7. The text input method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving a second feedback corresponding to the input text from the Internet television, wherein the second feedback includes a plurality of complete words related to the input text;

determining whether the input text is a complete word;

determining whether remaining text is input by the corresponding input method if the input text is not a complete word; and

continuing to input the remaining text by the corresponding input method if the remaining text is input by the corresponding input method.

8. The text input method of claim 7, further comprising:

selecting one complete word from the complete words included in the second feedback when the remaining text is not input by the corresponding input method; and

transmitting the selected complete word to the Internet television.