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Handheld electronic device and method employing logical proximity of characters in spell checking

  • US 8,452,584 B2
  • Filed: 07/16/2012
  • Issued: 05/28/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of enabling input on an electronic device, the method comprising:

  • receiving an input comprising a set of key selections;

    determining base characters for the set of key selections;

    determining proposed spelling corrections based on the input, the proposed spelling corrections being of a first type of spelling correction or a second type of spelling correction; and

    outputting the proposed spelling corrections such that spelling corrections of the first type are designated as a higher priority than spelling corrections of the second type;

    wherein the first type of spelling correction is a correction that contains characters corresponding to the determined base characters and having at least one diacritical difference.

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