METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING AUTO-CORRECTION IN MESSAGING

• US 20150067486A1
• Filed: 09/05/2013
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Blumstein, Glenn, Chien, Ginger, Hochman, Kevin
• Granted Patent: US 9,298,695 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/257
• 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 system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting in a corrected text message an auto-correction by the first communication device of a target word of a group of words, detecting an input command requesting a transmission of the corrected text message to a second communication device, responsive to the detecting of the input command, presenting a correction alert indicating the target word that has been auto-corrected, and in response to the presenting of the correction alert, presenting an option for modifying the target word, where the transmission of the corrected text message to the second communication device is limited to after the option for modifying is presented at the first communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a first communication device including a processor, input data comprising a group of words inputted via a user interface of the first communication device;

performing, by the first communication device, auto-correction of a target word of the group of words to generate a corrected text message;

receiving, at the first communication device, an input command via the user interface, the input command requesting a transmission of the corrected text message to a second communication device;

responsive to the receiving of the input command, presenting a correction alert at the first communication device, the correction alert indicating the target word that has been auto-corrected; and

in response to the presenting of the correction alert, presenting, by the first communication device, an option for modifying the target word,

wherein the transmission of the corrected text message to the second communication device is limited to after the option for modifying is presented at the first communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, at the first communication device, provisioning information via the user interface, the provisioning information indicating types of alerts and a level of auto-correction to be applied for the second communication device; and

storing, by the first communication device, the provisioning information in a memory of the first communication device indexed to the second communication device,

wherein the receiving and storing of the provisioning information is prior to the receiving of the input data comprising the group of words, and

wherein the performing of the auto-correction and the presenting of the correction alert are according to the provisioning information.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising providing, by the first communication device, a recipient alert with the transmission of the corrected text message to the second communication device, wherein the recipient alert is configured for presentation at the second communication device to indicate the target word that has been auto-corrected, wherein the recipient alert enables the second communication device to remotely access an unmodified version of the target word from a messaging server that is remote from the first communication device, and wherein the types of alerts indicate at least one of audio or graphical alerts corresponding to types of words being corrected.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the auto-correction of the target word is based on a first library, and wherein the option for modifying the target word includes presenting a suggested word from a second library.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein types of alerts to be applied for the second communication device are based on types of words being corrected, and wherein the types of words include names and verbs.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising providing, by the first communication device, a recipient alert with the transmission of the corrected text message to the second communication device, wherein the recipient alert is configured for presentation at the second communication device to indicate the target word that has been auto-corrected, and wherein the recipient alert enables the second communication device to access an unmodified version of the target word.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining device capabilities of the second communication device; and

providing, by the first communication device, a recipient alert with the transmission of the corrected text message to the second communication device responsive to a determination that the second communication device can present the recipient alert at the second communication device, wherein the recipient alert is configured for presentation at the second communication device to indicate the target word that has been auto-corrected, and wherein a format of the recipient alert is selected by one of the first or second communication devices.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, at the first communication device, provisioning information indicating types of alerts to be applied for contact entries stored by the first communication device, wherein the presenting of the correction alert is according to a type of alert of the provisioning information that corresponds to the second communication device.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising:

providing, by the first communication device, a recipient alert with the transmission of the corrected text message to the second communication device, wherein the recipient alert is configured for presentation at the second communication device to indicate the target word that has been auto-corrected; and

providing, by the first communication device, an unmodified version of the target word to the second communication device.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, at the first communication device, provisioning information indicating a level of auto-correction to be applied for the second communication device, wherein the level of auto-correction includes selection from among libraries to be utilized during the auto-correction, wherein the performing of the auto-correction is according to the provisioning information.

11. A computer-readable storage device comprising computer instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

detecting in a corrected text message an auto-correction of a target word of a group of words;

detecting an input command at a first communication device requesting a transmission of the corrected text message to a second communication device;

responsive to the detecting of the input command, generating a correction alert for presentation at the first communication device indicating the target word that has been auto-corrected; and

in response to the presenting of the correction alert, generating an option for presentation at the first communication device for modifying the target word,

wherein the transmission of the corrected text message to the second communication device is limited to after the option for modifying is presented at the first communication device.

12. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise receiving provisioning information indicating a level of auto-correction to be applied for the second communication device and indicating types of alerts to be applied for contact entries stored by the first communication device, wherein the level of auto-correction includes selection from among libraries to be utilized during the auto-correction, wherein the auto-correction is according to the provisioning information, and wherein the presenting of the correction alert is according to a type of alert of the provisioning information that corresponds to the second communication device.

13. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11, wherein the processor is located remotely from the first and second communication devices, wherein the operations further comprise generating a recipient alert configured for presentation at the second communication device to indicate the target word that has been auto-corrected, and wherein the recipient alert enables the second communication device to access an unmodified version of the target word.

14. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

detecting a change in recipients for a message string that includes the corrected text message;

identifying a third communication device from the change of recipients; and

accessing provisioning data associated with the third communication device, wherein the provisioning data is received from the third communication device or a remote server storing the provisioning data for the third communication device, wherein the provisioning data includes at least one of rules associated with messages for the third communication device or a dictionary associated with the third communication device.

15. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11, wherein the processor includes a group of processors, wherein a first processor of the group of processors is located at the first communication device, and wherein a second processor of the group of processors is located remotely from the first communication device.

16. A method comprising:

receiving, at a first communication device, provisioning information indicating types of alerts to be applied for contact entries stored by the first communication device;

detecting, by the first communication device, an auto-correction in a corrected text message of a target word of a group of words;

detecting, at the first communication device, an input command requesting a transmission of the corrected text message to a second communication device;

responsive to the detecting of the input command, presenting a correction alert indicating the target word that has been auto-corrected, wherein the presenting of the correction alert is according to a type of alert of the provisioning information that corresponds to the second communication device.

17. The method of claim 16, comprising, in response to the presenting of the correction alert, presenting an option for modifying the target word,

wherein the transmission of the corrected text message to the second communication device is limited to after the option for modifying is presented at the first communication device.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the provisioning information indicates a level of auto-correction to be applied for the second communication device, wherein the level of auto-correction includes selection from among libraries to be utilized during the auto-correction, and wherein the auto-correction is according to the provisioning information.

19. The method of claim 16, comprising providing a recipient alert with the transmission of the corrected text message to the second communication device, wherein the recipient alert is configured for presentation at the second communication device to indicate the target word that has been auto-corrected, and wherein the recipient alert enables the second communication device to access an unmodified version of the target word.

20. The method of claim 16, comprising:

determining device capabilities of the second communication device; and

providing a recipient alert with the transmission of the corrected text message to the second communication device, wherein the recipient alert is configured for presentation at the second communication device to indicate the target word that has been auto-corrected, and wherein access to an unmodified version of the target word is provided to the second communication device according to the device capabilities of the second communication device.