US 2021/0200328 A1Published application

Character editing on a physical device via interaction with a virtual device user interface

AssigneeIntelligent Waves LLC

InventorMohammad Salman Dhedhi

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Abstract

In certain embodiments, a message including a plurality of characters may be obtained from an application hosted on a physical client device and a first position of a user interaction with a user interface accessed via the application may be obtained, where the user interface displays the message. A second position within the message may be determined based on the first position. A first and second set of characters may be extracted from the message based on the second position, such that (i) a first number of characters prior to the second position within the message is extracted for the first set of characters and (ii) a second number of characters subsequent to the second position within the message is extracted for the second set of characters. The first and second set of characters may be sent to the physical client device.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A system for improving text editing at a physical smartphone connected to a virtual smartphone via a hidden text interface of the physical smartphone by providing real-time transmission of cursor-position-adjacent characters presented on the virtual smartphone to the hidden text interface of the physical smartphone, the system comprising:

a virtual device platform including circuitry configured to:
cause a user interface of the virtual smartphone to be presented on a touchscreen display of a physical smartphone, wherein the user interface of the virtual smartphone enables a user of the physical smartphone to interact with the user interface of the virtual smartphone via the touchscreen display of the physical smartphone;
display a message and a cursor within the message on the user interface of the virtual smartphone, the message including a plurality of characters inputted via an invisible text editor hosted on the physical smartphone;
in response to a user touch event at the touchscreen display of the physical smartphone, update a cursor position of the cursor at the virtual smartphone such that the cursor is displayed in a different position within the message;
and
in connection with the updating of the cursor position of the cursor, provide, to the invisible text editor of the physical smartphone via the Internet, a left set of eight or more characters of the message that are left of the cursor position and a right set of eight of more characters of the message that are right of the cursor position, wherein the left and right sets of eight or more characters are sent via the Internet in response to the user touch event without sending other characters of the message to the physical smartphone.

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One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, effectuate operations comprising:

causing a user interface of a virtual machine to be presented on a touchscreen display of a mobile device, wherein the user interface of the virtual machine enables a user of the mobile device to interact with the user interface of the virtual machine via the touchscreen display of the mobile device;
displaying a message and a cursor within the message on the user interface of the virtual machine, the message including a plurality of characters inputted via a hidden text interface hosted on the mobile device;
in response to a user touch event at the touchscreen display of the mobile device, update a cursor position of the cursor at the virtual machine such that the cursor is displayed in a different position within the message;
and
in connection with the updating of the cursor position of the cursor, provide, to the hidden text interface of the mobile device via the Internet, a left set more characters of the message that are left of the cursor position and a right set of characters of the message that are right of the cursor position, wherein the left and right sets of characters are sent via the Internet in response to the user touch event without sending other characters of the message to the mobile device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/728,409Filed 27 Dec 2019
Published: 1 Jul 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

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…:…
G06F 3/04883
Using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text