Patent Document ID: 8180630
Application ID: 12135142

Base Claim:
1. A computer implemented method for automated dictionary population, useful in association with a personal appliance including at least one dictionary which includes entries, the method for automated dictionary population comprising: retrieving a text message containing words, wherein the text message is received by the personal appliance; parsing the words of the text message; comparing the parsed words to the entries of the at least one dictionary, wherein the comparing identifies new words of the parsed words which are not found within the at least one dictionary; generating statistical information for the parsed words; identifying phrases from the parsed words by identifying phrase markers, wherein the phrase markers include at least one of italicized word groups, quoted word groups, bolded word groups, capitalized word groups, word groups containing more than one new word; applying semantic rules to identify phrases from the parsed words by identifying word groups that include joining words; and storing the new words within at least one of the at least one dictionary, wherein the storing the new words enables recall of the new words for generating a candidate word list: further comprising processing profanities, wherein the processing profanities comprises: identifying profanities within the parsed words by comparing the parsed words to a profanity word list; modifying the profanities by replacing at least some of the profanities with a place marker; displaying the modified profanities to a user in a candidate list; requesting feedback from the user; receiving user feedback, wherein the feedback includes selection and de-selection of the profanities, wherein de-selection of the profanities may be at least one of explicit and implicit; if the feedback includes selection of the profanities: then, displaying the profanities to the user; and storing the profanities; else, if the feedback includes de-selection of the profanities: then, removing the profanities from the candidate list.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of automated dictionary population, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising linking the words of the identified phrases.