Communication terminal having a predictive editor application

• US 7,155,683 B1
• Filed: 02/22/2000
• Issued: 12/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Williams, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo, Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chuong, Truc T
• Application Number:
  US09/507,945
• Time in Patent Office: 2,499 Days
• Field of Search: 345/816, 345/853, 345/854, 345/783, 345/739, 345/745, 345/841, 707/7, 715/739, 715/741, 715/745, 715/783, 715/816, 715/853, 715/854
• US Class Current: 715/816
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27463 Predictive input, predictive dialling by comparing the dialled sequence with the content of a telephone directory
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation methods for entering alphabetical characters per se G06F3/0237

Abstract

A communication terminal having a display; a keypad having a plurality of keys associated with several letters each; a processor for controlling the display in accordance with the operation of the keypad; a selectable predictive editor program for generating an output containing words matching a received string of ambiguous key strokes, the predictive editor program has a number of associated vocabularies including at least one language dependent dictionary and at least one dictionary receiving user defined inputs. An editor application is controlled by the processor which communicates with said predictive editor programs for generating matching words based on an ambiguous string of key strokes. A second memory of the communication terminal for storing user inputted data. The processor automatically searches the second memory for words and copies these words into the dictionary for receiving user defined inputs associated with said predictive editor program.

Claims

1. A communication terminal having:

a display;

a keypad for use in the operation of said communication terminal having a plurality of keys associated with several letters each;

processor means controlling the display in accordance with the operation of the keypad;

a predictive editor program for generating an output containing word matching a received string of ambiguous key strokes, said predictive editor program having a number of associated vocabularies including at least one language dependent dictionary and at least one dictionary receiving user defined inputs stored in a first memory which serves said predictive editor program;

an editor application controlled by the processor means communicates with said predictive editor program for generating matching words based on an ambiguous string of key strokes;

at least one applications predictive editor program independent of said predictive editor program;

second memory means of the communication terminal independent of said first memory means for storing user inputted data in an electronic database, said second memory means serving said at least one applications program; and

wherein said processor means automatically searches said second memory means for words and copies these words into said at least one dictionary for receiving user defined inputs and associated with said predictive editor program.

2. A communication terminal according to claim 1 wherein said second memory means is an electronic phonebook database containing names and associated phone numbers.

3. A communication terminal according to claim 2 wherein said electronic phonebook database is stored on a subscriber identity Module in a cellular phone.