Blackberry Corporation

Blackberry Limitied

Shannon White

Vadim Fux

Neil Patrick Adams

Steven Henry Fyke

David Paul Yach

Alen Mujkic

Richard Paul Sibley

Peter La

Michal Rybak

Richard Sibley

A method of ambiguous word review or correction for a handheld electronic device includes receiving a plurality of actuations of input members in which each of a number of these members has a plurality of assigned characters, rendering a plurality of words responsive to the actuations, displaying a plurality of representations of the words, and detecting a number of the words, which are ambiguous. For each of the detected number, a visual indicator is displayed associated with a corresponding one of the representations. Touching of a touch screen is detected in connection with the displayed visual indicator. Preferably, a first magnification of the corresponding representation and a second magnification of a representation of a number of alternative words are displayed. The touch screen can be used to select one of the first and second magnifications to correct the ambiguous word.

Method and handheld electronic device employing a touch screen for ambiguous word review or correction

An improved spell check function and handheld electronic device provide a spell checking feature that includes a spell check algorithm that changes a suffix of a text entry by replacing each of one or more terminal characters thereof with a wild card element which can be any character or an absence of a character. A memory on the handheld electronic device has a plurality of language objects which are searched to identify language objects which correspond with the modified text entry with the terminal wild card element(s).

Use of a suffix-changing spell check algorithm for a spell check function, and associated handheld electronic device

An improved spell check function and handheld electronic device provide a spell checking feature that is available in a plurality of data entry fields of a plurality of applications. A memory on the handheld electronic device has a plurality of linguistic data sources which are searched for linguistic data during a spell check operation. Generic linguistic data is stored in a static data source, and other linguistic data is stored in a dynamic data source. An identification of a misspelled text entry results in an editing session being automatically opened on the misspelled text entry. Proposed spell check interpretations of a text entry are output in a list, and an actuation of a &#x3c;MENU&#x3e; key further results in the outputting of a menu of selectable spell check options. At least some of the selectable spell check options are selectable either with a track ball or with a key of a keypad.

Use of multiple data sources for spell check function, and associated handheld electronic device

An improved spell check function and handheld electronic device provide a spell checking feature that includes provides a preference to a spell check algorithm that based upon extensive selection by the user of spell check results generated by the algorithm.

Spell check function that applies a preference to a spell check algorithm based upon extensive user selection of spell check results generated by the algorithm, and associated handheld electronic device

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