Autocompletion method and system

Abstract

Provided is an implementation of an auto-completion or auto-correction mechanism where a dictionary of entry list look-up is triggered by the expiry of a time limit between data entry events such as key-press events, where the value of the time limit is dynamically determined as a function of the entry rate. The time limit may be calculated for example on the basis of an average entry rate, and may include an extra margin value. The occurrence of look up triggering will therefore tend to be optimised to the present user's data entry rate.

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[0001] The present invention relates to an auto-completion mechanism. Background technique

[0002] Human-machine interfaces in some electronic devices or software environments provide an auto-completion feature in which the interface attempts to identify portions of information that complete information that a user has already entered so that the user does not need to explicitly enter the remainder. The identification process is usually performed with reference to a complete list of possible inputs, for example from past inputs, or with reference to a standard library. For example, it is common to have such a mechanism in the interface of a mobile phone, where said interface is adapted to suggest a complete phone number from a partially entered number or name, referring to a list of contacts and previously dialed numbers. Another example is in a programming environment, where an auto-completion mechanism can suggest a large portion of standard code based on...

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