System and method for multilanguage text input in a handheld electronic device
First Claim
1. A system for multilanguage text input in a handheld electronic device, the system comprising:
- a multilanguage text input application implemented in the handheld electronic device;
at least one additional application implemented in the handheld electronic device;
a plurality of language databases containing language data from a plurality of different languages usable by the multilanguage text input application; and
an interface communicating with the multilanguage text input application and the at least one additional application,the interface providing the multilanguage text input application, at the time of multilanguage text input, with data from more than one of the plurality of language databases in response to a single request for data from the multilanguage text input application to the interface,the interface further providing the at least one additional application with data from at least some of the language databases accessed for the multilanguage text input application.
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Abstract
A system provides multilanguage text input in a handheld electronic device. The system includes one or more applications implemented in the handheld electronic device. The applications include a text input application requiring access to language data usable thereby. One or more language databases contain language data from a plurality of different languages usable by at least one of the applications including the text input application. An interface provides the applications with access to at least some of the different languages of the language data of the one or more language databases, in order that the applications including the text input application receive the different languages.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for multilanguage text input in a handheld electronic device, the system comprising:
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a multilanguage text input application implemented in the handheld electronic device; at least one additional application implemented in the handheld electronic device; a plurality of language databases containing language data from a plurality of different languages usable by the multilanguage text input application; and an interface communicating with the multilanguage text input application and the at least one additional application, the interface providing the multilanguage text input application, at the time of multilanguage text input, with data from more than one of the plurality of language databases in response to a single request for data from the multilanguage text input application to the interface, the interface further providing the at least one additional application with data from at least some of the language databases accessed for the multilanguage text input application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of multilanguage text input in a handheld electronic device, the method comprising:
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implementing a multilanguage text input application in the handheld electronic device; implementing at least one additional application in the handheld electronic device; employing a plurality of language databases containing language data from a plurality of different languages usable by at least the multilanguage text input application; and employing an interface to communicate with the multilanguage text input application and the at least one additional application, the interface providing the multilanguage text input application, at the time of the multilanguage text input, with data from more than one of the plurality of language databases in response to a single request for data from the multilanguage text input application to the interface, the interface further providing the at least one additional application with data from at least some of the language databases accessed for the multilanguage text input application. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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