Handheld electronic device and method for performing spell checking during text entry and for providing a spell-check learning feature

摘要

A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with a disambiguation routine 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 is able to perform a spell check routine during input of a text entry and to learn and automatically correct mistakes typically made by the particular user.

主权项

1. A method of enabling input on a handheld electronic device having an internal data source, and an input apparatus comprising a number of keys, the method comprising:
detecting as a first input a first number of input key selections; outputting as a proposed textual interpretation of the first input a text output having an arrangement of linguistic elements different than the arrangement of linguistic elements of the first input and being relatively less preferred than another textual interpretation of the first input, wherein the internal data source comprises the proposed textual interpretation of the first input; detecting a selection of the text output; detecting as a second input a second number of input key selections; outputting the text output as a proposed textual interpretation of the second input relatively more preferred than the another textual interpretation, wherein the internal data source comprises the proposed textual interpretation of the second input; detecting as the first input a misspelled input; and outputting the text output as a proposed spelling correction, wherein the handheld electronic device has stored therein a number of language objects, at least some of the language objects each being comprised of a number of linguistic elements, further comprising detecting as the misspelled input a misspelled ambiguous input comprising as the first number of input key selections at least a first selection of a key having as the number of linguistic elements assigned thereto a plurality of linguistic elements, failing to identify a language object having an arrangement of linguistic elements consistent with the misspelled ambiguous input and, responsive thereto, initiating said outputting as a proposed textual interpretation.