Patent Document ID: 8890806
Application ID: 13971592

Base Claim:
1. A method for enabling input on a handheld electronic device having a display, the method comprising: detecting a plurality of input key selections as an initial portion of an ambiguous input; outputting at a first location on the display the initial portion of an ambiguous input; identifying a plurality of prefix objects corresponding to the initial portion of the ambiguous input, each of the plurality of prefix objects associated with an initial portion of a language object being a proposed textual interpretation of the ambiguous input; outputting at a second location on the display the plurality of prefix objects; and upon selection of a prefix object, outputting at the first location on the display the prefix object, wherein the outputted prefix object differs from the initial portion of the ambiguous input.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of prefix objects is outputted in response to a preceding input member actuation, and a second plurality of prefix objects is outputted in response to a current input member actuation, wherein the second plurality of prefix objects includes at least one prefix object associated with the previously selected prefix object.