Patent ID: 9471566
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a processor; a memory configured to couple to the processor; a display device configured to couple to the processor and the memory; an input device configured to couple to the processor, the memory, and the display device; wherein the memory comprises program instructions executable by the processor to implement a language input mechanism for converting a phonetic language text to a written language text, wherein the language input mechanism is configured to: wherein the language input mechanism simultaneously and dynamically displays on the display device the current phonetic language input text string in the input text user interface element and the corresponding candidate written language sentence and the list of sorted candidate written language words in the candidate output text user interface element; and wherein the language input mechanism is further configured to replace portions of the currently displayed phonetic language input text string in the input text user interface element beginning at the current selection position with written language symbols from the candidate output text user interface element in response to input selecting either the candidate written language sentence or one of the written language words in the current list of sorted candidate written language words from the candidate output text user interface element.