Method for quickly inputting correlative word

• US 9,116,551 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2008
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shanghai Chule (CooTek) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shanghai Chule (CooTek) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Huang, Xiaofeng, Zhao, Yanjiao, Tao, Xiaoshan
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Paras D
• Application Number:
  US12/679,352
• Publication Number:
  US 20100292984A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,528 Days
• Field of Search: 704/1, 704/3, 704/9, 704/235, 704/251, 704/257, 715/257
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs

Abstract

The present invention provides a text input method, which is integrated in a text input program or device supporting word input (e.g., software/hardware keyboard, input method, etc.) and assists a user in easily inputting a word or a phrase (e.g., various tense forms of a verb, etc.) relating to a certain word. The user may fast input a specific word relating to the certain word by a specific operation (e.g., clicking a software or hardware key, moving a screen contact point, etc.) or by a combination of a plurality of operations.

Claims

1. A method for fast inputting a related word, comprising:

displaying, via a display apparatus, one or more user inputting characters, wherein, the user inputting characters are less than for a full word;

displaying, via a display apparatus, one or more candidate words of the inputting characters;

accepting a word selected from said candidate words, if a first predetermined mouse motion or first contact point action is detected,

displaying, via a control apparatus in the control of a computer program command stored in a storage apparatus, and allowing a change to the candidate word if a second predetermined mouse motion or second contact point action is detected different from the first predetermined mouse motion or first contact point action,

generating and displaying a plurality of related words based on the selected word, if a different third predetermined mouse motion or third contact point action is detected other than the first and second predetermined mouse motion and the first and second contact point action on the selected word,

wherein the plurality of related words are grammatical varieties of the selected word, each comprising at least a portion of the selected word and is consistent in meaning with the selected word, wherein the at least portion of the selected word and the grammatical varieties are determined from tense forms of a verb, plural forms of a noun, comparative and superlative degrees of the selected word, the grammatical varieties being generated based on the direction of the third predetermined mouse motion or third contact point action by a user; and

accepting, via an input apparatus, a related word from the plurality of related words upon a further mouse motion or contact point action.

2. The method of claim 1, before accepting, via an input apparatus, a related word from the one or more related words further comprising:

displaying the one or more related words of the selected word.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

each mouse motion or contact point action comprises an operation performed on a touch screen or on an electronic device screen equipped with a pointing system, the operation comprising;

clicking the word, double-clicking the word, sliding a contact point along a direction after pressing the word, long pressing the word over a specified period, hovering a mouse over a candidate word over a specified period, right-clicking the word by the mouse, or any kind of predetermined motion or mouse action.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

each mouse motion or contact point action comprises an operation performed on an electronic device screen equipped with a keyboard or a key-press, the operation comprising;

pressing a specified key or specified combined keys, or hovering over the word over a specified period after moving a cursor to the word.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, accepting, via an input apparatus, the related word from the one or more related words:

upon a further mouse motion or contact point action

comprises inputting the related word by one of the following approach;

clicking the related word;

pressing a confirmation key after moving a cursor to the specified related word;

sliding on the word or the candidate word or the predicted word for a direct selection with a mouse or contact point motion;

directly selecting with a specified shortcut key.

6. A computer device, comprising:

an input apparatus configured to receive a user input text and a user input command;

a storage apparatus configured to store a computer program command;

a control apparatus, configured to accomplish, in the control of the computer program command, each step in the method of claim 1 according to the user input command; and

a display apparatus configured to display the text.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting a mouse motion or contact point action upon the selected word to directly generate and display one of the related words without selection.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein, displaying, via a display apparatus, one or more candidate words of the inputting characters comprises:

displaying, via a display apparatus, the word with highest word frequency among candidate words.

9. A device for fast inputting a related word, comprising:

a first apparatus for displaying one or more user inputting characters, wherein, the user inputting characters are less than for a full word, and one or more candidate words of the inputting characters;

a second apparatus for accepting a word selected from said candidate words, if a first predetermined mouse motion or first contact point action is detected,

displaying, via a control apparatus in the control of a computer program command stored in a storage apparatus, and allowing a change to the candidate word if a second predetermined mouse motion or second contact point action is detected different from the first predetermined mouse motion or first contact point action,

generating and displaying a plurality of related words based on the selected word, if a third different predetermined mouse motion or third contact point action is detected other than the first and second predetermined mouse motion and the first and second contact point action on the selected word,

wherein, the plurality of related words are grammatical varieties of the selected word, each comprising at least a portion of the selected word and is consistent in meaning with the selected word, wherein the at least portion of the selected word and the grammatical varieties are determined from tense forms of a verb, plural forms of a noun, comparative and superlative degrees of the selected word, the grammatical varieties being generated based on the direction of the third predetermined mouse motion or third contact point action by a user; and

a third apparatus accepting a related word from the plurality of related words upon a further mouse motion or contact point action.