Handheld electronic device with reduced keyboard and associated method of providing quick text entry in a message
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- generating a new message in response to a command, wherein the new message relates to a message thread;
storing words found in messages associated with the message thread as language objects in a dictionary of language objects associated with the message thread; and
associating frequency values with the language objects in the dictionary to prioritize the language objects in the dictionary over words not contained in the dictionary.
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Abstract
An improved handheld electronic device having a reduced keyboard provides facilitated language entry by making available to a user certain words that a user may reasonably be expected to enter. In some situations, certain words can be stored, for example, in a temporary dictionary for use in particular situations. For instance, the names of the recipients of an electronic message might be stored in a temporary dictionary for rapid retrieval when entering a salutation in the message. As another example, a number of the words in an existing electronic message may be stored in a temporary dictionary and made available to a user when replying to or forwarding the message since the existing message might include words that the user might reasonably be expected to type in the reply message or the forwarded message.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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generating a new message in response to a command, wherein the new message relates to a message thread; storing words found in messages associated with the message thread as language objects in a dictionary of language objects associated with the message thread; and associating frequency values with the language objects in the dictionary to prioritize the language objects in the dictionary over words not contained in the dictionary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electronic device comprising:
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a memory storing instructions; and a processor executing the instructions to; generate a new message in response to a command, wherein the new message relates to a message thread; store words found in messages associated with the message thread as language objects in a dictionary of language objects associated with the message thread; and associate frequency values with the language objects in the dictionary to prioritize the language objects in the dictionary over words not contained in the dictionary. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A tangibly embodied non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method comprising:
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generating a new message in response to a command, wherein the new message relates to a message thread; storing words found in messages associated with the message thread as language objects in a dictionary of language objects associated with the message thread; and associating frequency values with the language objects in the dictionary to prioritize the language objects in the dictionary over words not contained in the dictionary. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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