Patent ID: 8392172

Claim:
A method of enabling input into a handheld electronic device having a processor, the handheld electronic device of a type having available therein a plurality of input method languages and a text disambiguation function structured to employ an operative one of the plurality of the input method languages, the method comprising: detecting as an ambiguous input a selection of one or more characters; outputting a plurality of language objects based, at least in part, on the ambiguous input and the operative input method language; outputting an indicator representative of the operative input method language being used by the text disambiguation function; outputting a selection box at a first location that provides an indication that one of the plurality of language objects is selectable; detecting a first input associated with the indicator and, responsive thereto, outputting the selection box at a second location that provides an indication that the indicator is selectable; detecting a second input associated with the indicator and, responsive thereto, outputting one or more alternate indicators specifying one or more alternate operative input method languages.