CONTEXT SENSITIVE AUTO-CORRECTION
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1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:
- a display component capable of at least displaying textual characters;
a text input module that receives text provided by a user to the mobile electronic device, and provides the received text to the display component for display in a user interface; and
an auto-correct module that automatically corrects the displayed text according to a selected auto-correct dictionary, the auto-correct module automatically selecting the selected auto-correct dictionary from a plurality of auto-correct dictionaries based at least on usage information representative of a usage context of the mobile electronic device.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for adaptively autocorrecting text according to context. Text may be received at a mobile electronic device that was input by a user. The received text may be displayed at a display component of the mobile electronic device. An auto-correct dictionary is selected from a plurality of auto-correct dictionaries. The auto-correct dictionary may be selected based at least on usage information that is representative of a usage context of the mobile electronic device. The displayed text is auto-corrected according to the selected auto-correct dictionary.
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1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:
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a display component capable of at least displaying textual characters; a text input module that receives text provided by a user to the mobile electronic device, and provides the received text to the display component for display in a user interface; and an auto-correct module that automatically corrects the displayed text according to a selected auto-correct dictionary, the auto-correct module automatically selecting the selected auto-correct dictionary from a plurality of auto-correct dictionaries based at least on usage information representative of a usage context of the mobile electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method in a mobile electronic device, comprising:
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receiving text provided by a user to the mobile electronic device; displaying the received text at a display component of the mobile electronic device; automatically selecting an auto-correct dictionary from a plurality of auto-correct dictionaries based at least on usage information representative of a usage context of the mobile electronic device; and automatically correcting the displayed text according to the selected auto-correct dictionary. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer readable storage medium having computer program instructions embodied in said computer readable storage medium for enabling a processor to generate a user interface at a computing devices, the computer program instructions comprising:
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first computer program instructions that enable the processor to receive text provided by a user to the mobile electronic device; second computer program instructions that enable the processor to display the received text at a display component of the mobile electronic device; third computer program instructions that enable the processor to automatically select an auto-correct dictionary from a plurality of auto-correct dictionaries based at least on usage information representative of a usage context of the mobile electronic device by the user, a first auto-correct dictionary including a predetermined list of terms for correction and a corresponding list of correction terms, the usage information including at least location information; and fourth computer program instructions that enable the processor to automatically correct the displayed text according to the selected auto-correct dictionary. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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