Context sensitive auto-correction
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorChristian Liensberger
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for adaptively autocorrecting text according to context. Text may be received at a mobile electronic device that was input by a user. The received text may be displayed at a display component of the mobile electronic device. An auto-correct dictionary is selected from a plurality of auto-correct dictionaries. The auto-correct dictionary may be selected based at least on usage information that is representative of a usage context of the mobile electronic device. The displayed text is auto-corrected according to the selected autocorrect dictionary.
Claims1
An electronic device, comprising:
- a display component capable of at least displaying textual characters;
- a text input module that receives text provided by a user to the electronic device, and provides the received text to the display component for display in a user interface;
- and
- an auto-correct module configured to:
- receive usage information;
- determine the usage information is representative of a usage context of the electronic device;
- automatically switch off one or more particular auto-correct terms from a selected auto-correct dictionary;
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- automatically correct the displayed text according to the selected auto-correct dictionary having the one or more particular auto-correct terms switched off.
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