Patent ID: 8510102
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: an input unit through which a letter or a string of letters are sequentially input; a determination unit configured to determine whether a given letter input through the input unit is uppercase or lowercase; an output unit configured to output a candidate word corresponding to an input string of letters in the order in which the letters are input through the input unit each time a letter is input, the output unit outputting the candidate word according to a result generated by the determination unit, the notation of each letter of the candidate word in conformity with notation of each letter of the input string of letters; and a history storage unit configured to store a history of the word selected from the candidate words output by the output unit and a notation of the selected word, wherein, the history storage unit stores the selected word and the notation of the selected word in association with a preceding word that is confirmed prior to the selected word and a notation of the preceding word, and the selected word is output in the notation stored in the history storage unit as a candidate word subsequent to the preceding word next time the preceding word displayed in the notation stored in the history storage unit is confirmed.