Patent ID: 8166418

Claim:
A method of inserting a pictorial artifact into a mobile device text document, comprising: providing a database containing a plurality of objects that are linked to at least one pictorial artifact, wherein said database is operatively coupled with a mobile device comprising a processor, a display, a selection device, and a reduced keyboard comprising a plurality of keys, each key being associated with at least two characters; receiving at least one text string from an input device of said mobile device, wherein said text string comprises a plurality of key inputs; predicting, after each key input, one or more object candidates corresponding to said at least one text string; searching the database to determine whether the object candidate matches an object that is linked with at least one pictorial artifact; determining, after each key input, whether said object candidate matches a particular object that is linked to at least one pictorial artifact; if the object candidate matches a particular object that is linked with a pictorial artifact, then automatically displaying the linked pictorial artifact on said display device; receiving a user indication via said selection device; interpreting said indication, by said processor, thereby determining whether pictorial artifact after said object candidate or reject the insertion and display of the provided pictorial artifact after the display of said object candidate; inserting and displaying on said display the selected pictorial artifact into a text document upon confirmation that said indication is meant to confirm insertion and display of the provided pictorial artifact after the display of said object candidate; providing modification options that may be used to modify the confirmed pictorial artifact; selecting a modification option; and modifying the confirmed pictorial artifact according to the selected modification option.