US 11,900,057 B2
Correcting input based on user context
Jason J. Ivan, Gilroy, CA (US); Christopher S. Linn, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Douglas R. Davidson, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/683,179.
Application 17/683,179 is a continuation of application No. 15/702,587, filed on Sep. 12, 2017, granted, now 11,263,399.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/538,979, filed on Jul. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0366137 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 40/274 (2020.01); G06F 16/33 (2019.01); G06F 40/211 (2020.01); G06F 40/242 (2020.01); G06F 40/279 (2020.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 40/274 (2020.01) [G06F 16/3344 (2019.01); G06F 40/211 (2020.01); G06F 40/242 (2020.01); G06F 40/279 (2020.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
synchronizing a context entry generated at a first computing device to a second computing device different than the first computing device, wherein the context entry is generated based on a first user input from the first computing device that selects a content item;
receiving, by the second computing device, a second user input specifying a word;
generating, by the second computing device, a correction suggestion for the specified word based on a context entry in a context dictionary; and
causing, by the second computing device, the correction suggestion to be presented on a display of the second computing device.