Patent ID: 9069822
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented text entry method for execution by a processor of a text entry system having a memory, comprising: receiving, by the text entry system, an ambiguous entry of text, the text entry system having input regions allowing for the ambiguous entry of at least one symbol per input region; querying, by the text entry system, a first database local to the text entry system for one or more entries corresponding to a first disambiguation of the ambiguous entry of text, wherein the first database is an internal database; responsive to the one or more entries corresponding to the first disambiguation falling below a predetermined level, querying, by the text entry system, a second database remote from the text entry system for one or more entries corresponding to a second disambiguation of the ambiguous entry of text, wherein the second database is an external database; providing, by the text entry system, the first disambiguation and the second disambiguation to the user for selection; and if a number of entries provided to the user from the first and second databases is equal to or less than a threshold number of entries, query at least one additional database for one or more entries corresponding to a third disambiguation of the ambiguous entry of text, wherein the at least one additional database is a different external database from the second database.