Patent Document ID: 20070239426
Application ID: 11400493
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of enabling input into a handheld electronic device comprising an input apparatus and a memory, the input apparatus comprising a plurality of input members, at least some of the input members each having a number of linguistic elements assigned thereto, the memory having stored therein a plurality of language objects and a number of word frames, at least some of the language objects each comprising a number of the linguistic elements, the method comprising: detecting an entry of a new language object not already stored in the memory and comprising a plurality of linguistic elements; determining that the new language object comprises as at least a portion of the plurality of linguistic elements thereof a sequential plurality of linguistic elements that are each assigned to a given input member; associating the new language object with a word frame comprising at least some of the plurality of linguistic elements of the new language object except comprising as a contracted portion in place of the sequential plurality of linguistic elements one of: a representation of the given input member, and a quantity of the linguistic elements assigned to the given input member, the quantity being fewer than the sequential plurality.