Patent ID: 8836665

Claim:
An input method for use in a handheld electronic device having a memory storing a plurality of language objects, the method comprising: detecting input of a set of characters; determining that at least a first language object and a second language object each correspond with at least a portion of the set of characters, the first language object being associated with a first frequency value, and the second language object being associated with a second frequency value; making at least one of a first determination that the first frequency value associated with the first language object and the second frequency value associated with the second language object are both higher than a first predetermined threshold, or a second determination that a difference between the first frequency value associated with the first language object and the second frequency value associated with the second language object is smaller than a second predetermined threshold; responsive to making the at least one determination, maintaining the first frequency value associated with the first language object and the second frequency value associated with the second language object; and outputting a default output and a number of variant outputs in order of decreasing frequency value, the default output comprising one of the first language object and the second language object that is associated with a higher frequency value of the first and second frequency values, the number of variant output comprising other of the first language object and the second language object.