Correction of incoming messaging

• US 9,602,449 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2013
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chan, Yuk L., Cramer, Christopher, King, Robert G., Naphade, Deepti M., Pava, Jairo A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Chirag R
• Application Number:
  US14/056,187
• Publication Number:
  US 20150113073A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,251 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0233 Character input methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to performing correction on incoming messages. Embodiments include receiving a message from a sender and determining if a portion of the message has been auto-corrected by the sender. Embodiments also include performing a correction on the portion of the message that was auto-corrected by the sender and storing the correction made by the receiver for each individual sender.

Claims

1. A method for performing correction on incoming messages comprising:

receiving, by a processor of a receiving device, a message from a sender wherein the message is composed by the sender using a sending device, wherein the receiving device and the sending device are separate devices;

determining if a portion of the message has been auto-corrected by the sending device prior to transmission of the message by the sending device;

based on determining that the portion of the message has been auto-corrected prior to transmission of the message by the sending device, performing, by the receiving device, a correction on the portion of the message that was auto-corrected by the sending device;

displaying, on the receiving device, the message with an indicator of the auto-correction performed by the sending device; and

notifying the sender of the correction made by the receiving device by displaying a second indicator, wherein the sending device is configured to allow the sender to override or confirm the correction made by the receiving device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the correction made by the receiver for each individual sender.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising based on determining that the portion of the message has not been auto-corrected by the sender, displaying the message as received from the sender.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising based on determining that the portion of the message has been auto-corrected by the sender, retrieving the original text entered by the sender.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising based on determining that the portion of the message has been auto-corrected by the sender, retrieving an auto-correction suggested by the sender'"'"'s system associated with the auto-corrected portion.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein performing the correction includes displaying the auto-correction suggestions retrieved from the sender.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the message includes an original text of the message as typed by the sender, an auto-correction that was selected by the sender and a auto-correction suggestion that was presented to and not selected by the sender.

8. An non-transitory medium embodying computer readable instructions which, when implemented, cause a computer to carry out the steps of a method according to claim 1.

9. An electronic device having a processor configured to execute a messaging application by carrying out the steps of a method according to claim 1.

10. A method for performing correction on incoming messages comprising:

receiving, by a processor of a receiving device, a message from a sender wherein the message is composed by the sender using a sending device, wherein the receiving device and the sending device are separate devices;

determining if a portion of the message includes an acronym or shorthand text;

based on determining that the portion of the message includes acronym or shorthand text, performing, by the receiving device, an auto-correction on the portion of the message;

displaying the message, by the receiving device, with an indicator of the auto-correction performed, wherein the message is displayed with the indicator of the auto-correction on the receiving device; and

notifying the sender of the correction made by the receiving device by displaying a second indicator, wherein the sending device is configured to allow the sender to override or confirm the correction made by the receiving device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising based on determining that the portion of the message does not include the acronym or shorthand text, displaying the message as received from the sender.

12. An article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions which, when implemented, cause a computer to carry out the steps of a method according to claim 10.

13. An electronic device having a processor configured to execute a messaging application by carrying out the steps of a method according to claim 10.