Patent ID: 6496844
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of changing the display of a multi-field text string, comprising:providing an interface between a user control and a multi-field text string object having separate fields each containing a different representation of a text string; displaying contents of a current display field for the multi-field text string object in the user control, wherein the step of displaying contents includes: displaying a first character string from a first field comprising within the multi-field text string object characters employed by a first human language in which the text string was entered; displaying a second character string from a second field within the multi-field text string object comprising characters employed by the first human language that phonetically spell the text string; and displaying a third character string from a third field within the multi-field text string object comprising characters employed by a second human language that phonetically spell the text string; providing a selection control for selectively altering a current display field for the multi-field text string object; and responsive to user actuation of the selection control, displaying contents of all fields within the multi-field text string object as a list for user selection.