Patent Document ID: 20080114588
Application ID: 11558628
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of enabling input into a handheld electronic device having an input apparatus, an output apparatus and a processor, the handheld electronic device of a type having available therein a plurality of input method languages and a text disambiguation function structured to employ an operative one of the plurality of the input method languages, the input apparatus having a number of input members, at least some of the input members each having assigned thereto a plurality of linguistic elements, the method comprising: detecting as an ambiguous input an actuation of one or more of the input members; employing an operative input method language to output a plurality of language objects that correspond with the ambiguous input; outputting at a location adjacent the plurality of language objects an indicator representative of the operative input method language; enabling the indicator to be selected in lieu of one of the plurality of language objects; and enabling a selection of an alternate operative input method language in response to the indicator being selected in lieu of one of the plurality of language objects.