Patent ID: 7949513

Claim:
A language processing device comprising: a processing and memory module which is physically attachable to and detachable from mobile electronic device, wherein said processing and memory module is configured to communicate directly with the mobile electronic device when so attached without the use of a network which extends outside the mobile electronic device, wherein said processing and memory module is configured with a plurality of discrete memory locations comprising each of: a settings memory containing data representing operational parameters including each of: a language setting comprising one or more language selected by the user of said language processing device; and an input mode setting comprising one or more input mode selected by the user of said language processing device; and an input buffer containing data representing key strokes used in specifying a message unit; a candidate buffer configured for storing candidate interpretations of user input gestures; a word buffer configured for storing message units specified by said user; a component buffer configured for storing data components of message units; an input interpretation database containing input gesture data; and a font store containing data representing properly represented characters; and wherein said processing and memory module is configured to perform language-specific tasks at the request of the appliance by: receiving an instruction for language-specific processing from the appliance in the form of an application program interface (API) call, wherein said API call references said plurality of discrete memory locations; and sending resulting data of the language-specific processing to the appliance.