METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING PHRASE HISTORY FOR ACCELERATING INSTANT MESSAGING INPUT ON MOBILE DEVICES

摘要

Rapid instant messaging input (14) is enabled through a system that displays (12) frequently used or useful message phrases in a pop-up window from which the user may select a desired phrase to be inserted into the message stream. The system allows multiple phrase lists (24) to be utilized and individual phrase messages are tagged with context information, allowing them to be selectively retrieved to provide only the most useful messages for a given context or scenario. The system automatically generates phrase lists (24) by scanning the message stream data within instant messaging log files and the scanned information is then processed to select phrases for inclusion in the phrase list based on predefined heuristics (20).