Predictive Input Using Custom Dictionaries
OwnerJenny Yuen, Luke St. Clairinventors
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes detecting that a first user is entering a text input at an input region of a computing device, wherein the input region includes multiple subregions and each subregion is associated with at least one character of a plurality of characters. The method also includes determining, for each character as the first user enters the text input, a probability that the character is next in the text input. The method further includes determining a size of each subregion based on the determined probability of the character associated with the subregion.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- by a computing device, detecting that a first user is entering a text input at an input region of the computing device, the input region comprising a plurality of subregions, each subregion associated with at least one character of a plurality of characters;
- by the computing device, determining, for each character of the plurality of characters as the first user enters the text input, a probability that the character is next in the text input;
- and
- by the computing device, determining a size of each subregion based on the determined probability of the character associated with the subregion.
One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:
- detect that a first user is entering a text input at an input region of the computing device, the input region comprising a plurality of subregions, each subregion associated with at least one character of a plurality of characters;
- determine, for each character of the plurality of characters as the first user enters the text input, a probability that the character is next in the text input;
- and
- determine a size of each subregion based on the determined probability of the character associated with the subregion.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to:
- detect that a first user is entering a text input at an input region of the computing device, the input region comprising a plurality of subregions, each subregion associated with at least one character of a plurality of characters;
- determine, for each character of the plurality of characters as the first user enters the text input, a probability that the character is next in the text input;
- and
- determine a size of each subregion based on the determined probability of the character associated with the subregion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.