Patent ID: 6636162
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A disambiguating system for disambiguating ambiguous input sequences entered by a user and generating textual output in the Japanese language, the disambiguating system comprising:a) a user input device having a plurality of inputs, each of a plurality of said inputs associated with a plurality of characters, an input sequence being generated each time an input is selected by manipulating the user input device and corresponding to the sequence of inputs that have been selected, the generated input sequence having a textual interpretation that is ambiguous due to the plurality of characters associated with each input; b) a memory containing data used to construct a plurality of Yomikata text objects, each of the plurality of Yomikata text objects being associated with an input sequence and a frequency of use value, wherein each of the plurality of Yomikata text objects in the memory specifies a sequence of kana to be output to the user, said Yomikata text objects comprise root word objects, and one or more suffix objects that correspond to the root word objects; c) a display; and d) a processor coupled to the user input device, memory, and display, the processor adapted for identifying from the memory all Yomikata text objects according to the generated input sequence, wherein said identified Yomikata text objects are root word objects that are associated with the generated input sequence, and wherein said identified Yomikata text objects are combinations of root word objects and suffix objects when the combination is associated with the generated input sequence, and the processor further adapted for generating an output signal causing the display to display at least one of the identified Yomikata text objects as a textual interpretation of the generated input sequence.