Patent Document ID: 20090235165
Application ID: 12046698
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of enabling input on a handheld electronic device that comprises an output apparatus, an input apparatus comprising a plurality of input members, and a processor apparatus comprising a memory having stored therein a plurality of objects that comprise a plurality of language objects, a plurality of characters, and a plurality of words, at least some of the language objects each being associated with a plurality of the characters, each word comprising a number of the characters, at least some of the input members each having a number of linguistic elements assigned thereto, each language object comprising a number of the linguistic elements, the method comprising: detecting an ambiguous text input comprising a number actuations of a number of input members, at least some of the number of input members each having as the number of linguistic elements assigned thereto a plurality of linguistic elements assigned thereto; generating a string of language objects that corresponds with at least an initial portion of the ambiguous input; outputting one of the language objects of the string of language objects and at least one variant language object as an alternative to the one of the language objects; and outputting a character interpretation that comprises a number of words comprising characters that correspond with at least a portion of the string of language objects.