Handheld electronic device with reduced keyboard and associated method of providing quick text entry in a message
First Claim
1. A method for use in an electronic message processing device, the method comprising:
- generating a new message in response to a command, wherein the new message relates to a prior message;
storing words found in the prior message in a first dictionary;
receiving an input reflecting a character selection;
identifying words from the first dictionary and a second dictionary based on the character selection; and
outputting the identified words prioritized according to whether each output word is identified from the first dictionary or the second 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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21 Claims
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1. A method for use in an electronic message processing device, the method comprising:
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generating a new message in response to a command, wherein the new message relates to a prior message; storing words found in the prior message in a first dictionary; receiving an input reflecting a character selection; identifying words from the first dictionary and a second dictionary based on the character selection; and outputting the identified words prioritized according to whether each output word is identified from the first dictionary or the second dictionary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. 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 prior message; store words found in the prior message in a first dictionary; receiving an input reflecting a character selection; identify words from the first dictionary and a second dictionary based on the character selection; and output the identified words prioritized according to whether each output word is identified from the first dictionary or the second dictionary. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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