HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD ENABLING PHONETIC TEXT INPUT IN A TEXT DISAMBIGUATION ENVIRONMENT AND OUTPUTTING AN IMPROVED LOOKUP WINDOW
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Abstract
An improved handheld electronic device and associated method enable the phonetic inputting of text using a reduced keyboard and transformation algorithm. The handheld electronic device and method advantageously enable the inputting of languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and the like without limitation. The transformation algorithm subjects each of a number of linguistic element permutations to an algorithm such as the Maximum Matching Algorithm or other algorithm to generate a string of words and selects one string of words as a default textual output. The character interpretation and variations thereof are output in a lookup component along with a pin and variants thereof to enable the user to select among various character interpretations of an input as well as various alternative pins that correspond with the input.
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22. A method of enabling input on a handheld electronic device that comprises a display, the method comprising:
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detecting an input comprising one or more selections of one or more input keys; outputting at least one language object that corresponds with at least a first portion of the input and at least one variant language object as an alternative to the at least one language object in a first region of the display; outputting one or more words comprising characters that correspond with at least a portion of the input in a second region of the display; in response to detecting a selection of the at least one language object or the at least one variant language object, outputting at least one second language object that corresponds with at least a second portion of the input and at least one second variant language object in the first region, wherein the second portion of the input comprises at least one different portion of the input than the first portion of the input. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A handheld electronic device comprising:
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a display a processor apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory having stored instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the handheld electronic device to perform operations comprising; detecting an input comprising one or more selections of one or more input keys; outputting at least one language object that corresponds with at least a first portion of the input and at least one variant language object as an alternative to the at least one language object in a first region of the display; outputting one or more words comprising characters that correspond with at least a portion of the input in a second region of the display; in response to detecting a selection of the at least one language object or the at least one variant language object, outputting at least one second language object that corresponds with at least a second portion of the input and at least one second variant language object in the first region, wherein the second portion of the input comprises at least one different portion of the input than the first portion of the input. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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Specification