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Mobile electronic device and associated method enabling transliteration of a text input

US8972238B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 3, 2013
Grant dateMar 3, 2015
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Expiry dateSep 1, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/129
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved mobile electronic device enables the inputting of text in one alphabet, Traditional Chinese in the present example, by transliteration of inputs in another alphabet, BoPoMoFo in the present example. Since some of the inputs can be ambiguous, transliteration of an ambiguous input is delayed until a detection of a finalization event, thus avoiding the outputting of unnecessary transliteration results, and thus advantageously avoiding a distraction to the user.

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