Handheld electronic device and method for performing optimized spell checking during text entry by providing a sequentially ordered series of spell-check algorithms
First Claim
1. A method of enabling a spell-check operation on a text entry on a handheld electronic device having stored for execution thereon a number of sequentially ordered spell- check algorithms, the method comprising:
- subjecting the text entry to a spell-check algorithm to obtain a resultant expression, and seeking for inclusion in a list any language object that is consistent with the resultant expression;
repeating on the text entry said subjecting and said seeking as to a next sequentially ordered spell-check algorithm when the quantity of language objects in the list has not reached a predetermined quantity; and
ceasing said subjecting and said seeking as to further spell-check algorithms when the quantity of language objects in the list reaches the predetermined quantity.
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Abstract
A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with a disambiguation routine that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input, the device is able to perform a spell check routine during input of a text entry. The spell check routine subjects a text entry to a sequentially ordered series of spell-check algorithms and ceases subjecting the text entry to further spell-check algorithms upon identification of a predetermined quantity of spell-check language objects.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of enabling a spell-check operation on a text entry on a handheld electronic device having stored for execution thereon a number of sequentially ordered spell- check algorithms, the method comprising:
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subjecting the text entry to a spell-check algorithm to obtain a resultant expression, and seeking for inclusion in a list any language object that is consistent with the resultant expression; repeating on the text entry said subjecting and said seeking as to a next sequentially ordered spell-check algorithm when the quantity of language objects in the list has not reached a predetermined quantity; and ceasing said subjecting and said seeking as to further spell-check algorithms when the quantity of language objects in the list reaches the predetermined quantity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A handheld electronic device comprising an input apparatus, a processor apparatus, and an output apparatus, the input apparatus comprising a number of input members, at least some of the input members having a number of linguistic elements assigned thereto, at least some of the input members each having as the number of linguistic elements assigned thereto a plurality of linguistic elements, the processor apparatus comprising a processor and a memory having stored therein a plurality of objects comprising a plurality of language objects, at least some of the language objects each comprising a number of the linguistic elements, the memory having stored therein a number of routines which, when executed by the processor, cause the handheld electronic device to be adapted to perform operations comprising:
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subjecting the text entry to a spell-check algorithm to obtain a resultant expression, and seeking for inclusion in a list any language object that is consistent with the resultant expression; repeating on the text entry said subjecting and said seeking as to a next sequentially ordered spell-check algorithm when the quantity of language objects in the list has not reached a predetermined quantity; and ceasing said subjecting and said seeking as to further spell-check algorithms when the quantity of language objects in the list reaches the predetermined quantity. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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