ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20110111774A1
• Filed: 11/11/2009
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: NYBERG, Anders, APPELQUIST, Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 8,326,333 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/58 including a multilanguage function

Abstract

A method of controlling an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device is provided with functionality for composing and sending messages in accordance with at least one text-based messaging service. In response to execution on the electronic device of a message-composition process for composing a message to be sent to a recipient of the message via said text-based messaging service, a language configuration of the electronic device is set in conformance with language data associated with the recipient. Said language data indicates a language to be used for composing the message. A corresponding electronic device, computer program product, and computer-readable medium are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method of controlling an electronic device provided with functionality for composing and sending messages in accordance with at least one text-based messaging service, comprising, in response to execution on the electronic device of a message-composition process for composing a message to be sent to a recipient of the message via said text-based messaging service,

setting a language configuration of the electronic device in conformance with language data associated with the recipient, wherein said language data indicates a language to be used for composing the message.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising, if the recipient is represented with a contact entry in a contact database stored in or accessible from the electronic device and said contact entry comprises data indicative of a preferred language of the recipient

fetching said data indicative of the preferred language from said contact entry as the language data associated with the recipient;

wherein

setting the language configuration of the electronic device comprises setting the language configuration of the electronic device in conformance with the preferred language of the recipient.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising, if the message is a reply to an earlier incoming message from said recipient,

processing the earlier incoming message for determining a main language of the earlier incoming message;

and

generating data indicative of the determined main language of the earlier incoming message as the language data associated with the recipient;

wherein

setting the language configuration of the electronic device comprises setting the language configuration of the electronic device in conformance with the determined main language of the earlier incoming message.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein setting the language configuration of the electronic device comprises setting a keyboard layout of the electronic device in conformance with the language data.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein setting the language configuration of the electronic device comprises setting a dictionary language of a predictive-text process of the electronic device in conformance with the language data.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein setting the language configuration of the electronic device comprises setting a character set of the electronic device in conformance with the language data.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein setting the language configuration of the electronic device comprises setting a language of a grammar-check process of the electronic device in conformance with the language data.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein setting the language configuration of the electronic device comprises setting a dictionary language of a spell-check process of the electronic device in conformance with the language data.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the text-based messaging service is

an email service;

a short message service, SMS;

a multimedia messaging service, MMS;

an instant messaging service;

or

a messaging service of an internet-based community.

10. An electronic device provided with functionality for composing and sending messages in accordance with at least one text-based messaging service, wherein the electronic device comprises a control unit adapted to perform the method according to claim 1.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the electronic device is a portable communication device.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the portable communication device is a mobile phone.

13. A computer program product comprising computer program code for executing the method according to claim 1 when said computer program code is run by a programmable control unit of the electronic device.

14. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program product comprising computer program code for executing the method according to claim 1 when said computer program code is run by a programmable control unit of the electronic device.