Patent Document ID: 9460079
Application ID: 14688053

Base Claim:
1. A method of providing a dictionary service to a user terminal, the method comprising: configuring a first area of a display to receive a keyword as an input and a second area of the display to display a dictionary search result of the keyword when the user terminal is operating in a dictionary mode; switching from the dictionary mode to a translation mode if the keyword input into the first area is greater than or equal to a threshold length, the switching includes reconfiguring a user interface such that the first area of the display extends into a third area of the display; setting the keyword as a source text to translate and display in the third area of the display, if the keyword is greater than or equal to the threshold length; and determining as the dictionary search result a definition of the keyword and displaying, in the second area, the dictionary search result, if the keyword is less than the threshold length.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: establishing a local database before receiving the keyword by downloading basic dictionary information from a dictionary database associated with a server, the basic dictionary information including a headword for each word and an abbreviated meaning of each word, wherein the configuring includes, searching the local database based on the keyword, and displaying, on the second area, the dictionary search result such that the dictionary search result includes a plurality of auto-complete words corresponding to the keyword and a meaning for the plurality of auto-complete words.