HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TEXT DISAMBIGUATION

摘要

A handheld electronic device with a reduced QWERTY keyboard and disambiguation
software. The device outputs a default output and a number of variants. The
output is based largely upon the likelihood that a user intended a particular
output, but various features of the device provide additional variants
provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device
enables editing during text entry and provides a learning function that allows
the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for
the user. The disambiguation function can be selectively disabled and an
alternate keystroke interpretation system provided. If a field into which text
is being entered is determined to be a special input field, a disambiguated
result can be sought first from a predetermined data source prior to seeking
results from other data sources on the device.