Quick input language/virtual keyboard/ language dictionary change on a touch screen device
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorsErik Backlund, Andreas Kristensson
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Abstract
A device having a touch screen display selects a first language as an active input language. The device presents a first virtual keyboard associated with the first language on the touch screen display and receives a touch input that includes a directional touch swipe on the touch screen display. The device selects selecting a second language as the active input language based on the directional touch swipe, wherein the second language is different than the first language. The device further presents a second virtual keyboard associated with the second language on the touch screen display, wherein the second virtual keyboard is different than the first virtual keyboard.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- selecting a first language as an active input language on a device having a display;
- presenting a first virtual keyboard associated with the first language on the display;
- receiving a touch input comprising a directional touch swipe on the display;
- selecting a second language as the active input language based on the directional touch swipe, wherein the second language is different than the first language;
- and
- presenting a second virtual keyboard associated with the second language on the display, wherein the second virtual keyboard is different than the first virtual keyboard.
A device, comprising:
- a touch screen display disposed on a face of the device and configured to receive a touch input;
- a language selection module configured to select a first language as an active input language on the device;
- and
- a touch screen display input/output module configured to:
- present a first virtual keyboard associated with the first language on the touch screen display, and
- receive indication of a touch input comprising a directional touch swipe from the touch screen display,
- wherein the language selection module is further configured to select a second language as the active input language based on the directional touch swipe, wherein the second language is different than the first language, and
- wherein the touch screen display input/output module is further configured to present a second virtual keyboard associated with the second language on the touch screen display, wherein the second virtual keyboard is different than the first virtual keyboard.
The device of claim 14, wherein the touch screen display input/output module is further configured to:
- receive user entered text while the first language is the active input language;
- and
- a word suggestion module is configured to provide word suggestions for display on the touch screen display based on the user entered text and based on the first language dictionary.
A computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by at least one processing unit, the computer readable medium comprising:
- one or more instructions for selecting a first language as an active input language on a device having a touch screen display;
- one or more instructions for presenting a first virtual keyboard associated with the first language on the touch screen display;
- one or more instructions for identifying a touch input comprising a directional swipe on the touch screen display;
- one or more instructions for selecting a second language as the active input language based on the directional touch swipe, wherein the second language is different than the first language;
- and
- one or more instructions for presenting a second virtual keyboard associated with the second language on the touch screen display, wherein the second virtual keyboard is different than the first virtual keyboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.