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Handheld electronic device and method for performing spell checking during text entry and for integrating the output from such spell checking into the output from disambiguation

  • US 8,890,806 B2
  • Filed: 08/20/2013
  • Issued: 11/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for enabling input on a handheld electronic device having a display, the method comprising:

  • detecting a plurality of input key selections as an initial portion of an ambiguous input;

    outputting at a first location on the display the initial portion of an ambiguous input;

    identifying a plurality of prefix objects corresponding to the initial portion of the ambiguous input, each of the plurality of prefix objects associated with an initial portion of a language object being a proposed textual interpretation of the ambiguous input;

    outputting at a second location on the display the plurality of prefix objects; and

    upon selection of a prefix object, outputting at the first location on the display the prefix object, wherein the outputted prefix object differs from the initial portion of the ambiguous input.

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