Communication terminal having a predictive editor application
US6223059A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/72436
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication terminal having a display; a keypad having a plurality of keys associated with several letters each; processor means controlling the display means in accordance with the operation of the keypad. The communication terminal has a predictive editor program for generating an output containing words matching a received string of ambiguous key strokes. Furthermore the communication terminal has on editor application controlled by the processor means for editing a text based on the predictive editor programs interpretation of key strokes. The editor application comprises means for storing string of entered words, means for storing a sequence of key stokes, said sequence is updated upon the occurrence of a new key stroke, and being used as input to the predictive editor program, means for storing a list of matching words received from said predictive editor program. The processor means combines the text string and one word from the list of matching words for displaying in the display of at least a part of said text string and one word from the list of matching words, said one word from the list of matching words is marked in comparison to the remaining part of the text stri…
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