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Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016

Filed:

May. 16, 2011
Applicants:

Vadim Fux, Waterloo, CA;

Sergey Kolomiets, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Vadim Fux, Waterloo, CA;

Sergey Kolomiets, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/2765 (2013.01);
Abstract

An improved method of learning character segments during text input enables facilitated text input on an improved handheld electronic device. In response to a series of inputs, segments and other objects are analyzed to generate a proposed character interpretation of the series of inputs. Responsive to detecting a replacement of a character of the character interpretation with another character, a character learning string comprising the another character and a number of additional characters of the character interpretation are stored as a candidate. In response to another series of inputs, another proposed character interpretation is generated. Responsive to detecting another replacement of a character of the another character interpretation with a different character, another character learning string comprising the different character and a number of characters of the another character interpretation are compared with the stored candidate. If a set of characters in the another character learning string match characters in the candidate, the set of characters are stored as a segment.


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