RESPONDING TO SELECTION OF A DISPLAYED CHARACTER STRING

• US 20140040733A1
• Filed: 08/06/2012
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Colley, Ashley
• Granted Patent: US 10,838,513 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/256
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/00 Indexing scheme relating to error detection, to error correction, and to monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/80 Database-specific techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/805 Real-time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs

Abstract

A method comprises causing a character string to be displayed on a display, receiving a signal indicative of user input for selecting the displayed character string, and responding to the signal by using a language engine to predict a location within the selected character string for modification of the selected character string.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

causing a character string to be displayed on a display;

receiving a signal indicative of user input for selecting the displayed character string; and

responding to the signal by using a language engine to predict a location within the selected character string for modification of the selected character string.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising using the language engine to predict the location for modification of the selected character string based on the selected character string and a location of the user input within the selected character string.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a signal indicative of user input in respect of a selection of a text editing option.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the user input for selecting the displayed character string comprises a dynamic touch input which identifies both a location of an object representing the selected text editing option and the selected character string.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein using the language engine to predict the location comprises identifying a replacement character string based on the selected character string and the selected text editing option, wherein the replacement character string is a version of the selected character string that is modified at the predicted location based on the selected text editing option.

6. The method of claim 5, comprising subsequently causing the selected character string to be replaced on the display by the replacement character string.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein predicting the location for modification comprises identifying plural different replacement character strings based on the selected character string and the selected text editing option, each of the different replacement strings being a version of the selected character string that is modified at a different location based on the selected text editing option.

8. The method of claim 7, comprising activating a mechanism for allowing the user to select one of the plural replacement character strings;

and

responding to selection of one of the replacement character strings by causing the selected displayed character string to be replaced on the display by the selected replacement character string.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the selected text editing option is a text character.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein each replacement character string is modified by inserting the selected text character into the selected displayed character string at a predicted location.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein each replacement character string is modified also by removing a character from the string.

12. The method of claim 4, wherein the text editing option is a character removal option.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein each identified replacement character string is modified by removing a text character from the predicted location in the selected displayed character string.

14. The method of claim 1 comprising, subsequent to predicting the location for modification, positioning a cursor within the selected character string based on the predicted location.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed character string is a correctly spelled word.

16. Apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus:

to cause a character string to be displayed on a display;

to receive a signal indicative of user input for selecting the displayed character string; and

to respond to the signal by using a language engine to predict a location within the selected character string for modification of the selected character string.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus:

to use the language engine to predict the location for modification of the selected character string based on the selected character string and a location of the user input within the selected character string.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus:

receive a signal indicative of user input in respect of a selection of a text editing option.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the user input for selecting the displayed character string comprises a dynamic touch input which identifies a location of an object representing the selected text editing option and the selected character string.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus:

to use the language engine to predict the location by identifying a replacement character string based on the selected character string and the selected text editing option, wherein the replacement character string is a version of the selected character string that is modified at the predicted location based on the selected text editing option.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus:

subsequently to cause the selected character string to be replaced on the display by the replacement character string.

22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus:

to predict the location for modification by identifying plural different replacement character strings based on the selected character string and the selected text editing option, each of the different replacement strings being a version of the selected character string that is modified at a different location based on the selected text editing option.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus:

to activate a mechanism for allowing the user to select one of the plural replacement character strings; and

to respond to selection of one of the replacement character strings by causing the selected displayed character string to be replaced on the display by the selected replacement character string.

24. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the selected text editing option is a text character.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein each replacement character string is modified by inserting the selected text character into the selected displayed character string at a predicted location.

26. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein each replacement character string is modified also by removing a character from the string.

27. The apparatus of any of claims 18, wherein the text editing option is a character removal option.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein each identified replacement character string is modified by removing a text character from the predicted location in the selected displayed character string.

29. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus:

subsequent to predicting the location for modification, to position a cursor within the selected character string based on the predicted location.

30. At least one non-transitory computer readable memory medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon, the computer readable instructions, when executed by at least one processor, causing the at least one processor:

to cause a character string to be displayed on a display;

to receive a signal indicative of user input for selecting the displayed character string; and

to respond to the signal by using a language engine to predict a location within the selected character string for modification of the selected character string.