AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE SELECTION FOR IMPROVING TEXT ACCURACY

1 - 27 . (canceled)

28 . A method for selecting a language from a number of languages used by an electronic device during a text entry session, the method comprising:

determining that the text entry session is associated with composing a message to a plurality of recipients;

examining at least one of a number of language tags associated with each of the plurality of recipients; and

automatically selecting a language for use by a text disambiguation function during the text entry session based on the examined language tags.

29 . The method of claim 28 , wherein when a predetermined percentage of the plurality of recipients share a common language tag, the selected language is a language represented by the common language tag.

30 . The method of claim 29 , wherein the common language tag is a preferred language tag.

31 . The method of claim 28 , wherein when a predetermined percentage of the plurality of recipients do not share a common preferred language tag but a predetermined percentage of the plurality of recipients share a common secondary language tag, the selected language is a language represented by the common secondary language tag.

32 . The method of claim 28 , wherein when a predetermined percentage of the plurality of recipients of the message do not share a common preferred language tag or a common secondary language tag, the selected language is a default language.

33 . The method of claim 32 , wherein the default language is a default language preference of the author of the text entry session.

34 . The method of claim 33 , wherein when the author does not have a default language tag, the default language is a default language defined by the electronic device.

35 . A method for selecting a language to be used by a text disambiguation function executed by an electronic device, the electronic device being operable to send messages and receive messages, the method comprising:

determining that a message being drafted is an original message to be sent to a plurality of recipients;

examining language tags associated with each of the plurality of recipients; and

automatically selecting a language for the original message based on the examined language tags.

36 . The method of claim 35 , wherein when a predetermined percentage of the plurality of recipients share a common preferred language tag, the selected language is a language represented by the common preferred language tag.

37 . The method of claim 35 , wherein when a predetermined percentage of the plurality of recipients do not share a common preferred language tag but a predetermined percentage of the plurality of recipients share a common secondary language tag, the selected language is a language represented by the common secondary language tag.

38 . The method of claim 35 , wherein when a predetermined percentage of the plurality of recipients of the message do not share a common preferred language tag or a common secondary language tag, the selected language is a default language.

39 . The method of claim 35 , wherein the selected language is a language represented by a language tag shared by a highest percentage of the plurality of recipients.

40 . An electronic device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing a number of language tags, each language tag being associated with a message recipient, and a plurality of routines executable by the processor that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining that a text entry session is associated with composing a message to a plurality of recipients,

examining the number of language tags associated with the plurality of recipients, and

automatically selecting a language for use by a text disambiguation function during the text entry session, based on the examined language tags.

41 . The electronic device of claim 40 , wherein the selecting operation comprises:

calculating a match score for each of a plurality of of languages represented by the plurality of language tags; and

selecting a language having a best match score.

42 . The device of claim 41 , wherein the selecting operation further comprises:

comparing the calculated match scores to a predetermined threshold value, wherein the selected language satisfies the predetermined threshold.

43 . The device of claim 41 , wherein the selecting operation further comprises:

comparing the calculated match scores to a predetermined threshold value, wherein the selected language is a default language when none of the number of languages satisfy the predetermined threshold.