MULTILINGUAL INPUT METHOD EDITOR FOR TEN-KEY KEYBOARD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method that is used to input multilingual text into an electronic device comprising a numerical keypad, or equivalent. SOLUTION: The system comprises a language input method editor that accesses a character database 41. Asian and non-Asian languages can be intermingled within a line of text using the language input method editor and displayed on a text window 20 of the electronic device 10. Words or characters of Asian languages are selected from character databases 41 using a special decimal code of four or more digits and characters of non-Asian languages are selected using a two-digit decimal code. The special decimal code for Asian languages provides a means for alphabetizing all characters of the Asian languages. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI