Patent ID: 6154758
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of converting characters from one text domain to another text domain in a stylus-based computer in which information may be entered by interaction of a stylus with a display screen, the method comprising the following steps:(a) identifying text that has been selected on the display screen;(b) determining whether the stylus has been used to enter a conversion gesture for converting the selected text on the display screen from a source text domain to a destination text domain;(c) determining the source text domain of the selected text;(d) determining an appropriate destination text domain to which the selected text is to be converted; and(e) replacing at least a portion of the selected text on the display screen with text from the destination text domain determined in step d, wherein the step of replacing at least a portion of the selected text on the display screen include the following steps:identifying a plurality of candidate text strings from the destination text domain;ranking those candidate text strings; anddesignating a top ranked candidate text string to be used in replacing the selected text.