ADVANCED PREDICTION

• US 20120297332A1
• Filed: 01/13/2012
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: CHE, CHIWEI, CHANGUION, BYRON H., TAI, TAYLOR
• Application Number:
  US13/350,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20120297332A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

Described herein is an IME that makes text predictions (e.g., character, phonetic, symbol, word, phrase, and number) and suggests the predictions to a user based on text previously entered in a text box. The IME may base the predictive text on entries in a table or dictionary or historical user text entries. Initial predictions of text are suggested when nothing is entered in the text box. Numeric or punctuation may also be suggested when appropriate. If no predictions can be ascertained, the IME may suggest default predictions to the user.

Claims

1. A computing device, comprising:

one or more processors configured to execute an input method editor configured to predict characters for entry in a text field (114 and 124);

a memory device configured to store executable instructions associated with the input method editor (124);

a display device configured to present a group of the characters predicted by the input method editor for selection by the user (116); and

an input device for receiving a selection of one of the group of the characters (120).

2. The one or more media of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a mobile phone.

3. The one or more media of claim 1, wherein the text field is associated with a text editor.

4. The one or more media of claim 3, wherein the text editor comprises a messaging application.

5. The one or more media of claim 1, wherein the input method editor predicts the group of the characters based on a determine context associated with the text field, wherein the determined context is identified from an input scope tag associated with the text field.

6. The one or more media of claim 5, wherein the input scope tag indicates at least one member of a group comprising MMS, SMS, password, name, address, and geographic location.

7. The one or more media of claim 1, wherein the input method editor predicts the characters before text is entered into the text field.

8. The one or more media of claim 1, wherein the input method editor predicts text based on the entry of a particle in the text field.

9. A method for predicting a text entry and presenting the characters on a display, comprising:

analyzing an entry in a text field in focus on a computing device (206);

accessing a table, stored in the memory on the computing, mapping a plurality of entries to symbols (224);

identifying the entry in the table (224); and

presenting, on the display, a group of the symbols mapped in the table to the entry (224).

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving a selection of one of the group of symbols from a user; and

based on the selection, displaying the one of the group of symbols in the text field.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the entry includes at least one member of a group comprising one or more letters, one or more phonetics, one or more words, one or more characters, a particle, and an indication of punctuation.

12. One or more computer-readable media, on a computing device, storing computer-executable instructions of a method for predicting a text entry in a text field and presenting the characters on a display, the method comprising:

analyzing one or more text entries previously entered by a user in a text field in focus on a computing device (210, 216, and 220);

accessing a table, stored in the memory on the computing, mapping a plurality of text entries to predictive text entries (210, 216, and 220);

based on the one or more text entries, identifying a group of the predictive text entries in the table (210, 216, and 220);

presenting the group of the predictive text entries on the display for a user to select (214, 218, and 224)).

13. The media of claim 12, wherein the one or more text entries comprise a word or a character.

14. The media of claim 12, wherein the one or more text entries comprise two or more words or characters.

15. The media of claim 12, wherein the predictive text entries are presented on the display in an order based on historical selection by users of the predictive text entries following the one or more text entries.

16. The media of claim 12, wherein the one or more text entries comprise one or more numbers.

17. The media of claim 16, further comprising:

determining the one or more numbers correspond to a particular number format, wherein identifying the group of the predictive text entries is based on the particular number format.

18. The media of claim 17, wherein the particular number format corresponds to at least one member of a group comprising an address, date of birth, social security number, telephone number, indication of time, and indication of geography.

19. The media of claim 12, further comprising:

determining no predictive entries correspond to the one or more text entries, and because so, presenting a group of default text entries on the display for user selection.

20. The one or more media of claim 19, wherein the default text entries comprise at least one entry that was selected based on a part of speech associated with the one or more text entries.