Handheld electronic device and method for disambiguation of text input and providing spelling substitution
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1. A method of enabling an input into a handheld electronic device, the method comprising:
- receiving data associated with one or more input key selections;
determining a set of characters based, at least in part, on the received data;
determining a known spelling substitution corresponding to a subset of the set of characters;
determining that a language object stored in memory corresponds to the known spelling substitution; and
outputting the set of characters based, at least in part, on the determination that a language object stored in memory corresponds to the known spelling substitution.
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Abstract
A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. The device is structured to identify and output representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input. The device is additionally structured to identify and output representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a known spelling substitution particular to a language active on the handheld electronic device.
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1. A method of enabling an input into a handheld electronic device, the method comprising:
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receiving data associated with one or more input key selections; determining a set of characters based, at least in part, on the received data; determining a known spelling substitution corresponding to a subset of the set of characters; determining that a language object stored in memory corresponds to the known spelling substitution; and outputting the set of characters based, at least in part, on the determination that a language object stored in memory corresponds to the known spelling substitution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A handheld electronic device, comprising:
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a processor; memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the handheld electronic device to perform operations comprising; receiving data associated with one or more input key selections; determining a set of characters based, at least in part, on the received data; determining a known spelling substitution corresponding to a subset of the set of characters; determining that a language object stored in memory corresponds to the known spelling substitution; and outputting the set of characters based, at least in part, on the determination that a language object stored in memory corresponds to the known spelling substitution. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving data associated with one or more input key selections; determining a set of characters based, at least in part, on the received data; determining a known spelling substitution corresponding to a subset of the set of characters; determining that a language object stored in memory corresponds to the known spelling substitution; and outputting the set of characters based, at least in part, on the determination that a language object stored in memory corresponds to the known spelling substitution. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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