INDICATING AUTOMATICALLY CORRECTED WORDS

• US 20150046804A1
• Filed: 08/06/2013
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Weksler, Arnold S., VanBlon, Russell Speight, Peterson, Nathan J.
• Granted Patent: US 10,733,377 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/257
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation

Abstract

A method includes receiving an indication in an information handling device of an autocorrected word in a string of text, and providing an indication proximate the autocorrected word to a display.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an indication in an information handling system of an autocorrected word in a string of text; and

providing an indication proximate the autocorrected word to a display.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the provided indication comprises a text attribute.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the text attribute comprises highlighting, bold, or blinking.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving an indication of an autocorrected word in a string of text comprises:

receiving entered text strings;

receiving text for display; and

comparing the received entered text strings to the received text for display to determine the indication to display.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the string of text comprises additional characters around the autocorrected word.

6. The method of claim 1 and further comprising providing an entered string of text in addition to the autocorrected word to a display.

7. The method of claim 1 and further comprising providing a prompt to accept the autocorrected word or replace the autocorrected word.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the entered string is generated for display proximate to the autocorrected word and provided in a cursor selectable form for replacing the autocorrected word.

9. A computer readable storage device embodying computer program code, said computer program code comprising computer-executable instructions configured for:

receiving an indication in a computer program running on a computer of an autocorrected word in a string of text; and

providing an indication proximate the autocorrected word to a display.

10. The computer readable storage device of claim 9 wherein the indication comprises a text attribute.

11. The computer readable storage device of claim 10 wherein the text attribute is selected from the group consisting of highlighting, bold, italics, underlining, color, and blinking.

12. The computer readable storage device of claim 9 wherein the indication comprises a box around the autocorrected word.

13. The computer readable storage device of claim 9 wherein the method further comprises providing an entered string of text in addition to the autocorrected word to a display.

14. The computer readable storage device of claim 13 wherein the method further comprises providing a mechanism to replace the autocorrected word with the entered string of text.

15. The computer readable storage device of claim 14 wherein the entered string is generated for display proximate to the autocorrected word and provided in a cursor selectable form for replacing the autocorrected word.

16. A system comprising:

a display;

a text entry device to enter text;

a processor coupled to the text entry device to generate a signal for display of the text on the display and to provide autocorrecting for text strings; and

a monitor to monitor autocorrecting of text strings and provide for indicating that a text string has been autocorrected when the text string is displayed on the display.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the text entry device comprises a keyboard and wherein an application running on the processor provides the autocorrecting for text strings.

18. The system of claim 16 wherein the text entry device comprises a touch screen.

19. The system of claim 16 wherein the monitor is coupled to receive text strings entered via the text entry device, to receive autocorrected text strings, and to provide the indication of the autocorrected text strings for display.

20. The system of claim 16 wherein the monitor is coupled to compare the received entered text strings and the autocorrected text strings to identify autocorrected text.