Techniques to employ emoji for text predictions are described herein. In one or more implementations, entry of characters is detected during interaction with a device. Prediction candidates corresponding to the detected characters are generated according to a language model that is configured to consider emoji along with words and phrases. The language model may make use of a mapping table that maps a plurality of emoji to corresponding words. The mapping table enables a text prediction engine to offer the emoji as alternatives for matching words. In addition or alternatively, the text prediction engine may be configured to analyze emoji as words within the model and generate probabilities and candidate rankings for predictions that include both emoji and words. User-specific emoji use may also be learned by monitoring a user's typing activity to adapt predictions to the user's particular usage of emoji.
申请公布号
EP3053009(A1)
申请公布日期
2016.08.10
申请号
EP20140796314
申请日期
2014.10.01
申请人
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
发明人
GRIEVES, JASON A.;ALMOG, ITAI;BADGER, ERIC NORMAN;COOK, JAMES H.;GARCIA FIERRO, MANUEL