Patent Document ID: 8232901
Application ID: 12145733

Base Claim:
1. An apparatus for determining an alternative character string, in response to an invalid character string being received by a consumer application, wherein the invalid character string is derived from the selection of a series of keyboard keys in combination with a modifier key and wherein each key is associated with at least one glyph; the apparatus comprising: a converter component for converting each glyph of the invalid character string into a first format; a converter component for parsing each of the converted first formats into a second format; an alternatives engine for determining from each of the second formats a third format which can be derived from a combination of a selection of the key and an alternative modifier key; and a converter component for converting each of the determined third formats into their associated glyphs for compiling into a list of alternative character strings.

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Claim 6:
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a keyboard for storing a list of mappings of scan codes to a key selection in combination with a modifier key.