Apparatus and Method Pertaining to Predicted-Text Derivatives

• US 20140215397A1
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Published: 07/31/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: BILINSKY, Thomas Michael Keith, LASENBY, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US13/753,056
• Publication Number:
  US 20140215397A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/816
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method includes displaying, via the touch-sensitive display, a plurality of predicted entries as a function, at least in part, of entries being entered via a keyboard. A first touch is detected with a touch-sensitive display. The first touch is used to identify a first one of the predicted entries. The first one of the predicted entries is used to identify at least one derivative of the first one of the predicted entries. The at least one derivative is displayed via the touch-sensitive display.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

a keyboard;

a processor operably coupled to the touch-sensitive display and the keyboard and configured to;

display via the touch-sensitive display a plurality of predicted entries as a function, at least in part, of entries being entered via the keyboard;

detect a first touch with the touch-sensitive display;

using the first touch to identify a first one of the predicted entries;

use the first one of the predicted entries as a root to identify at least one further predicted entry;

display via the touch-sensitive display the at least one further predicted entry.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display comprises an alphanumeric keyboard.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of predicted entries each comprises a complete word.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first touch comprises a swipe.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first touch is at a location associated with an area of the touch-sensitive display where the first one of the predicted entries is displayed.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein using the given one of the predicted entries as a root to identify at least one further predicted entry comprises using the given one of the predicted entries as a root to identify a plurality of further predicted entries.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein displaying via the touch-sensitive display the at least one further predicted entry comprises displaying a plurality of the plurality of further predicted entries.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises a portable electronic device.

9. A method comprising:

displaying via the touch-sensitive display a plurality of predicted entries as a function, at least in part, of entries being entered via a keyboard;

detecting a first touch with a touch-sensitive display;

using the first touch to identify a first one of the predicted entries;

using the first one of the predicted entries to identify at least one derivative of the first one of the predicted entries;

displaying via the touch-sensitive display the at least one derivative.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of predicted entries each comprises a complete word.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first touch comprises a swipe.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the first touch is at a location associated with an area of the touch-sensitive display where the first one of the predicted entries is displayed.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein using the given one of the predicted entries to identify the at least one derivative comprises using the given one of the predicted entries to identify a plurality of derivatives of the given one of the predicted entries.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein displaying via the touch-sensitive display the at least one derivative comprises displaying a plurality of the plurality of derivatives.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein identifying the at least one derivative of the given one of the predicted entries comprises, at least in part, identifying derivatives based on at least one of:

an inflection;

a syntactic category;

an affix;

a gender-based difference.

16. A portable electronic device comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

a keyboard;

a processor operably coupled to the touch-sensitive display and the keyboard and configured to;

display via the touch-sensitive display a plurality of predicted words as a function, at least in part, of entries being entered via the keyboard;

detect a first touch with the touch-sensitive display;

use the first touch to identify a first one of the predicted words;

use the first one of the predicted words as a root to identify at least one word that is a derivative of the root;

display via the touch-sensitive display the at least one word that is a derivative of the root.

17. The portable electronic device of claim 16, wherein the portable electronic device comprises a portable wireless communications device.

18. The portable electronic device of claim 16, wherein the keyboard comprises a virtual keyboard that is displayed on the touch-sensitive display.

19. The portable electronic device of claim 16, wherein using the first one of the predicted words as a root to identify at least one word that is a derivative of the root comprises using the given one of the predicted words as a root to identify a plurality of words that are derivatives of the root.

20. The portable electronic device of claim 19, wherein displaying via the touch-sensitive display the at least one word that is a derivative of the root comprises displaying a plurality of the plurality of words that are derivatives of the root.