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US 2013/0212515 A1Published application
User interface for text input
AssigneeSyntellia, Inc.
InventorKostas Eleftheriou
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Abstract
A user interface allows a user to input text, numbers and symbols in to an electronic device through a touch sensitive input and make edits and correction to the text with one or more swipe gestures. The system can differentiate the swipes and perform functions corresponding to the detected swipes based upon swipe direction, number of fingers used in the swipe and the location of the swipes on the touch sensitive input.
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A method, comprising:
- a computer system having a processor operatively coupled to a memory, a touch interface, the touch interface comprising a virtual keyboard which records taps of a touch object to generate text input:
- detecting swipe gestures across the touch interface, the swipe gesture including an initial touchdown point and a direction;
- determining the directions of the swipe gestures;
- and
- performing predetermined functions determined by the direction of the swipe gestures, wherein:
- a correction initiation input to the computer system causes a listing of suggested replacement texts to be generated with a .first of the suggested replacement text indicated;
- a subsequent swipe gesture in a first direction on the touch interface causes the next suggested replacement text from the listing to be indicated;
- a subsequent swipe in a second direction on the touch interface causes the previous suggested text from the listing to be indicated.
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A method, comprising:
- a computer system having a processor operatively coupled to a memory, a touch interface, the touch interface comprising a virtual keyboard which records taps of a touch object to generate text input:
- detecting a touch and hold gesture on the touch interface for a predetermined period of time;
- displaying a predetermined function key at an area of the screen which was previously not active typing area;
- and
- maintaining the visibility and functionality of the keyboard in its current state before the detection of the touch and hold gesture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.