Handheld electronic device providing a learning function to facilitate correction of erroneous text entry, and associated method
A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input, the device provides a learning function which facilitates providing proposed corrected output by the device in certain circumstances of erroneous input.
1. A method of facilitating input for a handheld electronic device comprising an input apparatus, the input apparatus comprising a plurality of input keys, the method comprising:
analyzing one or more language objects comprising a plurality of linguistic elements to identify a language object that comprises sequential linguistic elements corresponding to an input key;
creating a word frame comprising a contracted portion and a root portion, the contracted portion comprising a representation of the input key corresponding to the sequential linguistic elements of the identified language object, the root portion comprising the linguistic elements of the identified language object except the sequential linguistic elements; and
storing the word frame in a memory.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
associating the word frame with the identified language object.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein storing the word frame in a memory further comprises:
storing the word frame in a word frame table in the memory.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein associating the word frame with the identified language object further comprises storing the identified language object in the word frame table as being associated as the word frame.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
analyzing the one or more language objects to identify a second language object that comprises the linguistic elements of the root portion of the word frame, and one or more linguistic elements corresponding with the contracted portion of the word frame.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
associating the word frame with the second language object.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more language objects are stored in a generic word list.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a new language object comprises sequential linguistic elements corresponding to an input key, the new language object not being stored in the generic word list; and
determining whether the new language object corresponds to the word frame.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
based on the determination that the new language object corresponds to the word frame, associating the word frame with the new language object.
10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
based on the determination that the new language object does not correspond to the word frame, creating a second word frame comprising a contracted portion and a root portion, the contracted portion of the second word frame comprising a representation of the input key corresponding to the sequential linguistic elements of the new language object, the root portion of the second word frame comprising the linguistic elements of the new language object except the sequential linguistic elements of the new language object; and
associating the second word frame with the new language object.
11. A system for facilitating input for a handheld electronic device comprising an input apparatus, the input apparatus comprising a plurality of input keys, the system comprising:
a processor;
a memory having stored therein a number of routines which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
analyzing one or more language objects comprising a plurality of linguistic elements to identify a language object that comprises sequential linguistic elements corresponding to an input key;
creating a word frame comprising a contracted portion and a root portion, the contracted portion comprising a representation of the input key corresponding to the sequential linguistic elements of the identified language object, the root portion comprising the linguistic elements of the identified language object except the sequential linguistic elements; and
storing the word frame in the memory.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
associating the word frame with the identified language object.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein storing the word frame in the memory further comprises:
storing the word frame in a word frame table in the memory.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein associating the word frame with the identified language object further comprises storing the identified language object in the word frame table as being associated as the word frame.
15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
analyzing the one or more language objects to identify a second language object that comprises the linguistic elements of the root portion of the word frame, and one or more linguistic elements corresponding with the contracted portion of the word frame.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
associating the word frame with the second language object.
17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more language objects are stored in a generic word list.
18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving a new language object comprising comprises sequential linguistic elements corresponding to an input key, the new language object not being stored in the generic word list; and
determining whether the new language object corresponds to the word frame.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise:
based on the determination that the new language object corresponds to the word frame, associating the word frame with the new language object.
20. The system of claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise:
based on the determination that the new language object does not correspond to the word frame, creating a second word frame comprising a contracted portion and a root portion, the contracted portion of the second word frame comprising a representation of the input key corresponding to the sequential linguistic elements of the new language object, the root portion of the second word frame comprising the linguistic elements of the new language object except the sequential linguistic elements of the new language object; and
associating the second word frame with the new language object.