US 2019/0196711 A1Published application

Multidirectional button, key, and keyboard

OwnerWill John Templeinventor

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Abstract

A multidirectional button, key, menu, or a keyboard for use in a user interface of a computing device (10). An object of the user interface may include a software keyboard (14) on a display screen (16).

Claims14

Dependent claims

A portable computing device comprising:

a touch screen and a touch screen keyboard.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/289,186Filed 28 Feb 2019
Priority: 27 Feb 2017
Published: 27 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06F 3/04886
Using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the…
G06F 3/0233
Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as…:…
G06F 3/0237
Character input methods: using prediction or retrieval techniques
G06F 3/04842
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…

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Application15/444,297Division · filed 27 Feb 2017
Application16/289,186Division
US 10,275,153 B2Related patent
US 2017/0168711 A1Published application
US 2019/0196711 A1This patent

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