Data input panel character conversion
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsTetsuo Seto, Shawna J Davis, Takanobu Murayama, Jeffrey W Pettiross, Adrian J Garside
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Abstract
An in-place data input panel provides a user with access to a list of alternate characters to which displayed characters may be converted. The data input panel provides an indicator, such as an indicator bar, corresponding to segmentation of the characters. A user can change the segmentation of the characters by expanding or contracting the segmentation bar. Also, the user can access a drop-down menu listing alternate character choices corresponding to the characters in the segment indicated by the segmentation bar.
Claims18
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer program for converting characters of a first type into at least one character of a second type, said program when executed enables:
- a user interface which:
- displays a plurality of characters of the first type;
- provides an indicator indicating which of the plurality of characters of the first type are to be associated together into a segment;
- and
- enables a user to manipulate the indicator to designate two or more of the displayed characters of the first type to be associated into the segment,
- a segmentation module that associates the characters into the segment based on the designation by the user via the user interface;
- and
- a character conversion module that converts the characters of the segment into at least one character of the second type.
A method of associating and converting two or more characters of a first type into at least one character of a second type, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of characters;
- displaying the plurality of characters in a user interface;
- providing, in the user interface, an indicator capable of being manipulated by the user to indicate a first group of the plurality of characters to be associated into a segment;
- receiving input from a user modifying the indicator to indicate a second group of the plurality of characters into the segment;
- and
- converting the characters of the segment into at least one character of the second type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.