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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Motoharu Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Matsuoka, Chiba, JP;
Yohei Noda, Tokyo, JP;
Asako Ono, Tokyo, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, executed by an electronic apparatus, includes retrieving, in response to input of a character string by a user, conversion candidates associated with the input character string, each conversion candidate having a first rank. The method also includes displaying, when a plurality of the conversion candidates are present, the plurality of conversion candidates within a corresponding plurality of regions on a map wherein conversion candidates that have a higher first rank occupy larger regions on the map. A corresponding computer program product and corresponding computer systems are also disclosed herein.