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Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation

  • US 8,519,953 B2
  • Filed: 10/24/2011
  • Issued: 08/27/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of disambiguating an input into a handheld electronic device having stored therein a plurality of objects including a plurality of word objects and artificial variants, the method comprising:

  • detecting an ambiguous input;

    outputting a number of first character permutations of the ambiguous input that each correspond to a stored artificial variant; and

    determining that the first character permutations are fewer in quantity than a predetermined number and, responsive thereto, outputting a number of second character permutations of the ambiguous input that do not correspond with a stored word object or a stored artificial variant.

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