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US 2011/0087962 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for the automatic predictive selection of input methods for web browsers
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorMichael Paddon
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for predictively selecting an input method at a web browser. Once a user has entered information identifying a web page, contextual information at the web page is examined in order to automatically, predictively select an appropriate input method for the web page. Once the input method has been selected, a corresponding predictive typing program may be applied.
Claims50
A method for predictively selecting an input method at a web browser, the method comprising:
- analyzing at least one contextual factor for a web page;
- automatically predictively selecting one of a plurality of input methods based on the analysis of the at least one contextual factor for the web page;
- receiving user input;
- and
- displaying the user input according to the selected input method.
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A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer-readable medium comprising:
- code for causing a computer to receive a first input for a web page;
- code for causing the computer to analyze at least one contextual factor for the web page;
- code for causing the computer to automatically predictively select one of a plurality of input methods based on the analysis of the at least one contextual factor for the web page;
- code for causing the computer to receive a second user input;
- and
- code for causing the computer to display the second user input according to the selected input method.
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The computer program product according to 24, further comprising:
- code for causing a computer to give a weight to the results of the analysis of different factors.
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for examining at least one contextual factor for a web page;
- means for automatically predictively selecting one of a plurality of input methods based on the analysis of the at least one contextual factor for the web page;
- means for receiving a user input;
- and
- means for communicating the user input for display according to the selected input method.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an examination component for analyzing at least one contextual factor for the web page;
- an input method selection component for automatically predictively selecting one of a plurality of input methods based on the analysis of the at least one contextual factor for the web page;
- a display;
- and
- a user interface for receiving user input and presenting the user input to the display according to the selected input method.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.