Patent Document ID: 20060044277
Application ID: 10930742
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of disambiguating an input into a handheld electronic device, the handheld electronic device including an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor apparatus, the processor apparatus including a processor and a memory having a plurality of objects stored therein, the plurality of objects including a plurality of language objects and a plurality of frequency objects, each of at least a portion of the language objects of the plurality of language objects being associated with an associated frequency object of the plurality of frequency objects, the memory including a first data source and a second data source, the first data source including a number of language object of the plurality of language objects and a number of associated frequency objects of the plurality of frequency objects, the second data source including a number of language object of the plurality of language objects and a number of associated frequency objects of the plurality of frequency objects, the input apparatus including a plurality of input members, each of at least a portion of the input members of the plurality of input members having a plurality of characters assigned thereto, the method comprising: detecting an ambiguous input into an input field, the ambiguous input including a number of input member actuations of a number of the input members of the plurality of input members, each of at least a portion of the input members of the number of input members including a number of characters assigned thereto, at least one of the input members of the number of input members having a plurality of characters assigned thereto; generating a number of prefix objects corresponding with the ambiguous input, each prefix object of the number of prefix objects including a number of the characters of the number of the input members of the ambiguous input; determining that the input field is a special input field; for each prefix object of at least a portion of the number of prefix objects, seeking in the first data source a corresponding language object of the plurality of language objects that corresponds with the prefix object; generating a primary result by, for each prefix object of at least a portion of the number of prefix objects, identifying in the first data source a word object of the number of word objects, the identified word object corresponding with the prefix object, obtaining from the first data source an associated frequency object of the number of frequency objects, the associated frequency object being associated with the identified word object and having a frequency value, and associating the frequency value of the associated frequency object with the prefix object; for at least a portion of the prefix objects of the primary result, generating a primary output set of the prefix objects sorted according to the frequency values associated therewith; making a determination that the quantity of the prefix objects in the primary output set is less than a predetermined quantity; responsive to said determination: for each prefix object of at least a portion of the number of prefix objects, seeking in the second data source a corresponding language object of the plurality of language objects that corresponds with the prefix object; generating a secondary result by, for each prefix object of at least a portion of the number of prefix objects, identifying in the second data source a word object of the number of word objects, the identified word object corresponding with the prefix object, obtaining from the second data source an associated frequency object of the number of frequency objects, the associated frequency object being associated with the identified word object and having a frequency value, and associating the frequency value of the associated frequency object with the prefix object; for at least a portion of the prefix objects of the secondary result, generating a secondary output set of the prefix objects sorted according to the frequency values associated therewith; and outputting an output including at least a portion of the prefix objects of the primary output set and at least a portion of the prefix objects of the secondary output set.