Word completion in a handheld electronic device
View Patent ↗A method for enabling generation of text on a handheld electronic device which has a plurality of input members, at least some of which have a number of linguistic elements assigned thereto, and a memory having language objects stored therein. The method comprises enabling detection of a number of input member actuations corresponding with an ambiguous input, making at least one of a determination that the number of actuations exceeds a first threshold and a determination that a quantity of predicted language objects corresponding with the ambiguous input is less than a second threshold, generating prefix objects corresponding with the ambiguous input and predicted language objects corresponding with the ambiguous input, each predicted language object comprising a prefix object portion and a completion portion, and providing at a text input location an output comprising a prefix object and a completion portion of a first predicted language object.
1. A method for enabling generation of text on a handheld electronic device, the method comprising:
enabling detection of an ambiguous input in the handheld electronic device;
setting a first threshold and a second threshold; and
responsive to only a determination that a number of received inputs exceeds the first threshold and a quantity of predicted language objects corresponding to the ambiguous input is less than the second threshold,
generating a number of prefix objects corresponding to the ambiguous input and a number of the predicted language objects corresponding to the ambiguous input, each predicted language object comprises a prefix object portion and a completion portion, and
providing at a text input location an output comprising a prefix object and a completion portion of a first predicted language object.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each received input corresponds to a signal generated in response to selection of a key.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
providing at a variant component location an output comprising at least some of the prefix objects;
enabling detection of a selection of one of the at least some of the prefix objects; and
responsive to the selection, removing from the input location the completion portion of the first predicted language object.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
enabling detection of a selection of at least one of the prefix object portion of the first predicted language object and the completion portion of the first predicted language object; and
responsive to the selection, at least one of:
inserting the first predicted language object into the text input location, and
inserting the prefix object and the completion portion of the first predicted language object into the text input location.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing at a variant component location an output comprising at least some of prefix objects and at least some of the predicted language objects.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
enabling selection of at least one of a particular prefix object and a particular predicted language object provided at the variant component location; and
providing at the text input location an output comprising the one of a particular prefix object and the particular predicted language object.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting an additional received input as a further ambiguous input;
generating a number of additional prefix objects corresponding to the ambiguous input and the further ambiguous input;
generating a number of additional predicted language objects corresponding to the ambiguous input and the further ambiguous input; and
providing at the text input location an output comprising an additional prefix object and an additional completion portion of a second predicted language object, the second predicted language object being different than the first predicted language object.
8. A handheld electronic device comprising:
a processor unit comprising a processor and a memory having a routine stored therein, the processor unit being configured to:
enable detection of an ambiguous input;
set a first threshold and a second threshold; and
responsive to only a determination that a number of received inputs exceeds the first threshold and a quantity of predicted language objects corresponding to the ambiguous input is less than the second threshold,
generate a number of prefix objects corresponding to the ambiguous input and a number of the predicted language objects corresponding to the ambiguous input, each predicted language object comprises a prefix object portion and a completion portion, and
provide at a text input location an output comprising a prefix object and a completion portion of a first predicted language object.
9. The handheld electronic device of claim 8 , wherein each received input corresponds to a signal generated in response to selection of a key.
10. The handheld electronic device of claim 8 , the processor further configured to:
provide at a variant component location an output comprising at least some of the prefix objects;
enable detection of a selection of one of the at least some of the prefix objects; and
responsive to the selection, remove from the input location the completion portion of the first predicted language object.
11. The handheld electronic device of claim 8 , the processor further configured to:
enable detection of a selection of at least one of the prefix object portion of the first predicted language object and the completion portion of the first predicted language object, and the predicted language object; and
responsive to the selection, at least one of:
insert the first predicted language object into the text input location, and
insert the prefix object and the completion portion of the first predicted language object into the text input location.
12. The handheld electronic device of claim 8 , the processor further configured to:
provide at a variant component location an output comprising at least some of prefix objects and at least some of the predicted language objects.
13. The handheld electronic device of claim 12 , the processor further configured to:
enable selection of at least one of a particular prefix object and a particular predicted language object provided at the variant component location; and
provide at the text input location an output comprising the one of a particular prefix object and the particular predicted language object.
14. The handheld electronic device of claim 8 , the processor further configured to:
detect an additional received input as a further ambiguous input;
generate a number of additional prefix objects corresponding to the ambiguous input and the further ambiguous input;
generate a number of additional predicted language objects corresponding to the ambiguous input and the further ambiguous input; and
provide at the text input location an output comprising an additional prefix object and an additional completion portion of a second predicted language object, the second predicted language object being different than the first predicted language object.