US 11,790,156 B2
Text editing method and electronic device supporting same
Wenjing Han, Beijing (CN); and Xuan Zhu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/107,143.
Application 17/107,143 is a continuation of application No. 15/325,952, granted, now 10,878,180, previously published as PCT/KR2015/007763, filed on Jul. 24, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 201410359715.6 (CN), filed on Jul. 25, 2014; and application No. 10-2015-0105219 (KR), filed on Jul. 24, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0081599 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); G06F 16/332 (2019.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 40/253 (2020.01); G06F 40/274 (2020.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 40/166 (2020.01) [G06F 16/3329 (2019.01); G06F 40/253 (2020.01); G06F 40/274 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.05); H04W 4/12 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
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1. A method of editing text of an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving, via an input interface of the electronic device, a first text from a user, wherein the first text is to be transmitted, via a communicator of the electronic device, to a receiver;
obtaining, by a controller of the electronic device, at least one second text that has been previously transmitted or received between the user and the receiver;
identifying, by the controller, a first structure of the first text and a second structure of the obtained at least one second text, wherein the first structure and the second structure includes at least one of a paragraph structure and a sentence structure;
changing, by the controller, at least part of the first text based on the identified first structure of the first text and the identified second structure of the obtained at least one second text, the changing of the at least part of the first text including outputting, on a display, a recommended text and a plurality of buttons to select whether to change to the recommended text, and changing to the recommended text based on a first button from the plurality of buttons to change to the recommended text being selected;
transmitting, via the communicator of the electronic device, the changed at least part of the first text to the receiver; and
displaying the changed at least part of the first text,
wherein, the at least part of the first text is maintained based on a second button from the plurality of buttons.