Text messaging device
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- an input interface for a user to make a phonetic input; and
a processor configured to control a display device so as to display thereon one or more ideogrammatic representations of said phonetic input according to a first language, and configured to provide further information in a second language different to said first language and according to which said ideogrammatic representations are each selectable by the user for incorporation into a text message,wherein said further information comprises information other than a representation of the phonetic input in a script of the second language, andwherein said further information comprises a second language equivalent and the pronunciation of said second language equivalent.
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Abstract
A hand-held wireless communication device for creating and sending text messages including ideograms, said communication device including: an input interface for a user to make a phonetic input; and a processor for controlling a display device so as to display thereon one or more ideogrammatic representations of said phonetic input according to a first language, which are each selectable by the user for incorporation into a text message according to further information relating thereto in a second language.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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an input interface for a user to make a phonetic input; and a processor configured to control a display device so as to display thereon one or more ideogrammatic representations of said phonetic input according to a first language, and configured to provide further information in a second language different to said first language and according to which said ideogrammatic representations are each selectable by the user for incorporation into a text message, wherein said further information comprises information other than a representation of the phonetic input in a script of the second language, and wherein said further information comprises a second language equivalent and the pronunciation of said second language equivalent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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an input interface for a user to make a phonetic input; and a processor configured to control a display device so as to display thereon one or more ideogrammatic representations of said phonetic input according to a first language, and configured to provide further information in a second language different to said first language and according to which said ideogrammatic representations are each selectable by the user for incorporation into a text message, wherein said further information comprises an indication in said second language of the meaning of the respective ideogrammatic representation, and wherein said further information comprises a second language equivalent and the pronunciation of said second language equivalent.
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14. A method, comprising:
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receiving a phonetic input on an input interface; and controlling a display device with a processor so as to display thereon one or more ideogrammatic representations of said phonetic input according to a first language, and for providing further information in a second language different to said first language and according to which said ideogrammatic representations are each selectable by the user for incorporation into a text message, wherein the further information includes information other than a representation of the phonetic input in a script of the second language, and wherein said further information comprises a second language equivalent and the pronunciation of said second language equivalent.
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
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input means for a user to make a phonetic input; and processor means for controlling a display device so as to display thereon one or more ideogrammatic representations of said phonetic input according to a first language, and for providing further information in a second language different to said first language and according to which said ideogrammatic representations are each selectable by the user for incorporation into a text message, wherein the further information includes an indication in said second language of the meaning of the respective ideogrammatic representation, and wherein said further information comprises a second language equivalent and the pronunciation of said second language equivalent.
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16. A method, comprising:
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receiving a phonetic input on an input interface; and controlling a display device with a processor so as to display thereon one or more ideogrammatic representations of said phonetic input according to a first language, and for providing further information in a second language different to said first language and according to which said ideogrammatic representations are each selectable by the user for incorporation into a text message, wherein the further information includes an indication in the second language of the meaning of the respective ideogrammatic representation, and wherein said further information comprises a second language equivalent and the pronunciation of said second language equivalent.
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17. An apparatus, comprising:
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input means for a user to make a phonetic input; and processor means for controlling a display device so as to display thereon one or more ideogrammatic representations of said phonetic input according to a first language, and for providing further information in a second language different to said first language according to which said ideogrammatic representations are each selectable by the user for incorporation into a text message, wherein the further information includes an indication in said second language of the meaning of the respective ideogrammatic representation, and wherein said further information comprises a second language equivalent and the pronunciation of said second language equivalent.
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18. An apparatus configured to:
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allow a user to make a phonetic input; display one or more ideogrammatic representations of said phonetic input according to a first language, and provide further information provided in a second language different to said first language, wherein said further information comprises information other than a representation of the phonetic input in a script of the second language, and wherein said further information comprises a second language equivalent and the pronunciation of said second language equivalent; and allow a user to select according to said further information and for incorporation into a text message one of said one or more ideogrammatic representations.
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