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US 2011/0210850 A1Published application
Touch-screen keyboard with combination keys and directional swipes
OwnerPhuong K Traninventor
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Abstract
A touch-screen keyboard for small mobile devices that improves typing accuracy and speed by using directional swipes to select letters or symbols in combination keys containing multiple letters or symbols per key.
Claims25
A method to enter data on a touch screen, comprising:
- displaying one or more combination keys, each representing a plurality of letters or symbols;
- and
- swiping a finger across the touch screen to enter data.
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a touch screen;
- a processor coupled to the touch screen;
- code executable by the processor to display a combination of keys representing a plurality of letters or symbols and code to detect a finger swipe across the touch screen to enter data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.