Changing text input modes

• US 9,836,443 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2015
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Mese, John Carl, Peterson, Nathan J., VanBlon, Russell Speight, Waltermann, Rod D., Weksler, Arnold S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Debrow, James J
• Application Number:
  US14/634,488
• Publication Number:
  US 20160253299A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,012 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs

Abstract

An apparatus, method, program product, and system are disclosed for changing text input modes. A text input module receives text input in a first text input mode from a text input device, the first text input mode may comprise a predictive text input mode. A trigger detection module detects a triggering event associated with text input received in the first text input mode. The triggering event may be intended to change a text input mode of the text input device. A mode change module changes the text input from the first text input mode to a second text input mode in response to the triggering event. The second text input mode may comprise a literal text input mode.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a text input device;

a processor operably coupled to the text input device;

a memory that stores code executable by the processor, the code comprising;

code that receives text input in a first text input mode from the text input device, the first text input mode comprising a predictive text input mode;

code that detects a triggering event associated with text input received in the first text input mode, the triggering event intended to change a text input mode of the text input device, the triggering event comprising determining that the text input comprises an initial sequence of characters of a word that is being re-entered in response to;

a previous entry of the word being automatically replaced with a different predictive word; and

the different predictive word being deleted responsive to the different predictive word replacing the entered word; and

code that changes the text input mode from the first text input mode to a second text input mode in response to the triggering event, the second text input mode comprising a literal text input mode.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the triggering event comprises determining that the text input comprises a sequence of characters comprising at least a portion of a recently deleted word.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the triggering event comprises determining that a word entered in the first text input mode is being edited.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the triggering event comprises determining that the text input is entered within a predefined time after a word has been entered and that the text input comprises a suffix for the word.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the suffix is added to the word that precedes the suffix.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the suffix is selected from the group consisting of a plural suffix, an action suffix, and a hyphen.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising code that changes the text input mode from the second text input mode back to the first text input mode in response to a restore event.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the restore event comprises not receiving text input in the second text input mode for a predefined period of time.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising code that presents one or more suggested words based on the text input, wherein a word of the one or more suggested words is spelled according to a sequence of characters received in the second text input mode.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising code that changes the text input mode from the first text input mode to a second text input mode in response to detecting a mode-changing gesture.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising code that presents an option to change the text input mode from the first text input mode to the second text input mode in response to the triggering event.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising code that adds a word entered in the second text input mode to a word list associated with the text input device.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the text input device comprises a swipe-enabled text input device.

14. A method comprising:

receiving, by use of a processor, text input in a first text input mode from a text input device, the first text input mode comprising a predictive text input mode;

detecting a triggering event associated with text input received in the first text input mode, the triggering event intended to change a text input mode of the text input device, the triggering event comprising determining that the text input comprises an initial sequence of characters of a word that is being re-entered in response to;

a previous entry of the word being automatically replaced with a different predictive word; and

the different predictive word being deleted responsive to the different predictive word replacing the entered word; and

changing the text input mode from the first text input mode to a second text input mode in response to the triggering event, the second text input mode comprising a literal text input mode.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the triggering event comprises determining that the text input comprises a sequence of characters comprising at least a portion of a recently deleted word.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the triggering event comprises determining that a word entered in the first text input mode is being edited.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the triggering event comprises determining that the text input is entered within a predefined time after a word has been entered and that the text input comprises a suffix for the word.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising presenting one or more suggested words based on the text input, wherein a word of the one or more suggested words is spelled according to a sequence of characters received in the second text input mode.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising presenting an option to change the text input mode from the first text input mode to the second text input mode in response to the triggering event.

20. A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:

receiving text input in a first text input mode from a text input device, the first text input mode comprising a predictive text input mode;

detecting a triggering event associated with text input received in the first text input mode, the triggering event intended to change a text input mode of the text input device, the triggering event comprising determining that the text input comprises an initial sequence of characters of a word that is being re-entered in response to;

a previous entry of the word being automatically replaced with a different predictive word; and

the different predictive word being deleted responsive to the different predictive word replacing the entered word; and

changing the text input mode from the first text input mode to a second text input mode in response to the triggering event, the second text input mode comprising a literal text input mode.