Handheld electronic device providing confirmation of input, and associated method
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1. An input method for a user device comprising a processor, a memory, and a keyboard including a plurality of keys, the method comprising:
- detecting an ambiguous input comprising a number of key selections;
identifying linguistic elements corresponding to the key selections;
identifying a default language object having at least an initial portion that corresponds with at least a portion of the identified linguistic elements;
highlighting keys on the keyboard corresponding to the default language object with a first highlighting;
identifying at least one predictive linguistic element for the default language object; and
highlighting on the keyboard the at least one predictive linguistic element using a second highlighting.
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Abstract
A letter confirmation system is provided on a handheld electronic device. The letter confirmation provides highlighting of various letters that have been input to the handheld electronic device during a string of member input actuations. The letter confirmation system can additionally provide predictive linguistic elements that would be appropriate next inputs. Various types of highlights can be provided in various combinations to provide various indications to a user.
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1. An input method for a user device comprising a processor, a memory, and a keyboard including a plurality of keys, the method comprising:
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detecting an ambiguous input comprising a number of key selections; identifying linguistic elements corresponding to the key selections; identifying a default language object having at least an initial portion that corresponds with at least a portion of the identified linguistic elements; highlighting keys on the keyboard corresponding to the default language object with a first highlighting; identifying at least one predictive linguistic element for the default language object; and highlighting on the keyboard the at least one predictive linguistic element using a second highlighting. - 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; a keyboard including a plurality of keys; and a processor executing the instructions to perform the steps of; detecting an ambiguous input comprising a number of key selections; identifying linguistic elements corresponding to the key selections; identifying a default language object having at least an initial portion that corresponds with at least a portion of the identified linguistic elements; highlighting keys on the keyboard corresponding to the default language object with a first highlighting; identifying at least one predictive linguistic element for the default language object; and highlighting on the keyboard the at least one predictive linguistic element using a second highlighting. - 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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detecting an ambiguous input comprising a number of key selections from a keyboard including a plurality of keys; identifying linguistic elements corresponding to the key selections; identifying a default language object having at least an initial portion that corresponds with at least a portion of the identified linguistic elements; highlighting keys on the keyboard corresponding to the default language object with a first highlighting; identifying at least one predictive linguistic element for the default language object; and highlighting on the keyboard the at least one predictive linguistic element using a second highlighting. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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