Handheld electronic device with assisted text entry using existing message thread, and associated method

• US 9,020,975 B2
• Filed: 02/18/2014
• Issued: 04/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Vuong, Thanh
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo, Isaac M
• Application Number:
  US14/182,637
• Publication Number:
  US 20140164917A1
• Time in Patent Office: 434 Days
• Field of Search: 707600-899
• US Class Current: 707/791
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation

Abstract

A method of facilitating the entry of text into a new message generated by a messaging application of a handheld electronic device is provided that includes receiving a command to reply to or forward a received message that is included within a message thread, scanning the message thread, identifying a plurality of words in the message thread, generating one or more word lists that include the identified words, and displaying the one or more word lists. The method further includes receiving a selection of a selected one of the words from the one or more word lists, and entering the selected one of the words into the new message. Also provided is an improved handheld electronic device that implements the described method.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving one or more messages;

scanning, using a processor, the one or more received messages to identify a set of words in the one or more received messages;

generating, from the identified set of words, a word list including one or more words having a same grammatical classification; and

displaying the word list in connection generating a reply to at least one of the one or more messages, wherein each word in the word list is selectable to include in the reply.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

categorizing the identified set of words.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

placing each of the identified words into the set of word lists based on the categorization.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the word list is a word list representing nouns and the second word list is a word list representing verbs.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether each of the identified words is longer than a predetermined length.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, from the identified set of words, a second word list including one or more words having a second grammatical classification, wherein the second grammatical classification is different than the same grammatical classification.

7. A handheld apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more memory devices;

program code stored on the one or more memories, which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the apparatus to perform the steps of;

receiving one or more messages;

scanning the one or more of received messages to identify a set of words in the one or more received messages;

generating, from the identified set of words, a word list of one or more words having a same grammatical classification; and

outputting the word list to a display in connection generating a reply to at least one of the one or more messages, wherein each word in the word list is selectable to include in the reply.

8. The handheld apparatus of claim 7, wherein the program code, when executed by the one or more processors, further causes the apparatus to perform the step of:

categorizing the identified set of words.

9. The handheld apparatus of claim 8, wherein the program code, when executed by the one or more processors, further causes the apparatus to perform the step of:

placing each of the identified words into the set of word lists based on the categorization.

10. The handheld apparatus of claim 7, wherein the word list is a word list representing nouns and the second word list is a word list representing verbs.

11. The handheld apparatus of claim 7, wherein the program code, when executed by the one or more processors, further causes the apparatus to perform the step of:

determining whether each of the identified words is longer than a predetermined length.

12. The handheld apparatus of claim 7, wherein the program code, when executed by the one or more processors, further causes the apparatus to perform the step of:

generating, from the identified set of words, a second word list including one or more words having a second grammatical classification, wherein the second grammatical classification is different than the same grammatical classification.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to:

receive one or more messages;

scan the one or more received messages to identify a set of words in the one or more received messages;

generate, from the identified set of words, a word list including one or more words having a same grammatical classification; and

output the word list to a display in connection generating a reply to at least one of the one or more messages, wherein each word in the word list is selectable to include in the reply.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, further configure the one or more processors to:

categorize the identified set of words.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, further configure the one or more processors to:

place each of the identified words into the set of word lists based on the categorization.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the word list is a word list representing nouns and the second word list is a word list representing verbs.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, further configure the one or more processors to:

determine whether each of the identified words is longer than a predetermined length.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, further configure the one or more processors to:

generating, from the identified set of words, a second word list including one or more words having a second grammatical classification, wherein the second grammatical classification is different than the same grammatical classification.