Self-centering user interface for inputting information
AssigneeBlock, Inc.
InventorsMarc David Perry, Kenneth Randall Kinsella Wigginton
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Abstract
Techniques described herein are directed to, among other things, utilizing a self-centering keypad to receive information. For instance, a computing device with a touchscreen display may receive a first input at a first location of the display. The computing device may then display the keypad substantially centered about the first location with symbols of the keypad positioned around the first location. The computing device may then receive a second input corresponding to swipe from the first location of the display to a second location of the display. The computing device may then determine a symbol included in the keypad based at least in part on the second input.
Claims21
(canceled)
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device with a touchscreen display, first input corresponding to a finger being placed at a first location of the touchscreen display;
- displaying, by the computing device, a keypad on the touchscreen display such that the keypad is substantially centered at the first location with symbols of the keypad positioned around the first location;
- receiving, by the computing device, a second input corresponding to a swipe from the first location to a second location of the touchscreen display;
- and
- selecting, by the computing device, a symbol of symbols of the keypad that corresponds to the second location or a direction of the swipe.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions executable by one or more processors that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
- receiving, via a touchscreen display, first input corresponding to a finger being placed at a first location of the touchscreen display;
- displaying a keypad on the touchscreen display such that the keypad is substantially centered at the first location with symbols of the keypad positioned around the first location;
- receiving a second input corresponding to a swipe from the first location to a second location of the touchscreen display;
- and
- selecting a symbol of the symbols of the keypad that corresponds to the second location or a direction of the swipe.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
- receiving, via a touchscreen display, first input corresponding to an input implement being placed at a first location of the touchscreen display;
- displaying a keypad on the touchscreen display such that the keypad is substantially at the first location with symbols of the keypad positioned around the first location;
- receiving a second input corresponding to a swipe from the first location to a second location of the touchscreen display;
- and
- selecting a symbol of the symbols of the keypad that corresponds to the second location or a direction of the swipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.