Method of learning a context of a segment of text, and associated handheld electronic device

摘要

An improved method of learning a context of a segment of text input enables facilitated text input on an improved handheld electronic device. In response to a series of inputs, segments and other objects are analyzed to generate a proposed character interpretation of the series of inputs. Responsive to detecting a replacement of a segment of the character interpretation with another segment, a combination object comprising the another segment and a preceding object is stored. In response to another series of inputs, the combination object can be employed by a processing algorithm to ascertain a preference for the another segment in the context of the preceding object of the combination object.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a device, inputs corresponding to a first set of characters selected from a first alphabet; replacing, by the device, the first set of characters with a second set of characters from a second alphabet, the second set of characters associated with the first set of characters; receiving, by the device, a selection from a user of one or more of the characters of the second set of characters in the second alphabet; in response to the user selection, outputting, by the device, one or more replacement characters from the second alphabet in a window separate from the second set of characters, the one or more replacement characters associated with the one or more of the characters in the first set of characters, different from the one or more of the characters of the second set of characters, and configured to replace the one or more of the characters of the second set of characters; receiving, by the device, an editing input selecting the one or more replacement characters from the second alphabet in the separate window; in response to the editing input, replacing the one or more of the characters of the second set of characters in the second alphabet with the one or more replacement characters from the second alphabet; storing, by the device, a combination object comprising: a representation of the one or more replacement characters associated with the one or more of the characters in the first set of characters, and a representation of at least one of the characters from the second set of characters that is adjacent to one of, and different from, the one or more replacement characters; determining a frequency with which the characters represented by the combination object are used together based on user inputs; and providing the characters represented by the combination object together, in response to one or more subsequent inputs, based on the frequency.