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Real-time typing assistance

a text entry and assistance technology, applied in the field of real-time typing assistance, to achieve the effect of improving the user experience and performance of text entry

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-08-18
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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The patent describes a method for improving the user experience of typing on electronic devices by providing feedback and guidance to users. This can be done by displaying suggestion candidates on the touch screen and allowing users to select them for further input. The suggestions can be based on the user's input and the likelihood of the user typing the next word. The method can also include detecting and highlighting alternative words for the user's input and providing indicators to notify the user that suggestions are available. The technical effects of this patent include improving the accuracy and speed of text entry and reducing errors in user input.

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In particular, some users prefer to type large chunks of text input fairly rapidly, and do not to review and correct the entered text until complete phrases, sentences, or complete messages have been entered.

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VIII. Example Unexpected Key Feedback

[0093]Because touch screen keyboards lack tactile feedback, it is difficult for users to tell when they hit their desired keys. Consequently, they have to pay more attention to the keyboard area than when using hardware keyboards. FIGS. 7A-7E depict a method 700 for providing visual, audio, and tactile feedback to a user that has pressed an expected key on a mobile device 702. FIG. 8 is a flow chart 800 corresponding to the method 700 depicted in FIGS. 7A-7E.

[0094]As shown in FIG. 7A, a mobile device 702 comprises a text display area 704, suggestion candidates area 708, and touch screen keyboard 710. The text display area 704 is shown displaying a phrase “smsing whil”706, with a carat (cursor) 712 immediately after the phrase as the user enters it on the keyboard 710.

[0095]FIG. 7B depicts the mobile device 702 providing the user with unexpected key feedback semaphores as an unexpected key, “r”726, is pressed with a user's finger 722. The types of...

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Abstract

An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing feedback and guidance to touch screen device users to improve the text entry user experience and performance through the use of indicators such as feedback semaphores. Also disclosed are suggestion candidates, which allow a user to quickly select next words to add to text input data, or replacement words for words that have been designated as incorrect. According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving text input data, providing an indicator for possible correction of the text input data, displaying suggestion candidates associated with alternative words for the data, receiving a single touch screen input selecting one of the suggestion candidates, and modifying the input data using the word associated with the selected suggestion candidate.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 304,341, filed Feb. 12, 2010, and entitled “TYPING ASSISTANCE FOR EDITING,” which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD[0002]The present disclosure pertains to devices and methods for enhancing text entry using a touch screen device.BACKGROUND[0003]With the increasing popularity of mobile devices, including cellphone devices, handheld devices, handheld computers, smartphones, PDAs, etc., there is a need for improving the user interface experience by increasing user text input speed, reducing text entry errors, and improving the overall user experience.[0004]Mobile devices with capacitive or resistive touch capabilities often utilize a touch screen keyboard, a hardware keyboard, speech recognition, handwriting recognition, or combination of the four, for entry of text input. Touch screen keyboards enable larger displays for videos, web pag...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/02G06F17/27H04M1/00G06N20/00
CPCG06F3/0237G06F3/04886G06N99/005G06F17/2795G06F17/276G06F40/274G06F40/247G06N20/00G06F40/166G06F16/35G06F3/048G06F3/04883
Inventor PAEK, TIMOTHY S.ALMOG, ITAIBADGER, ERIC NORMANSENGUPTA, TIRTHANKARDAVIS, SHAWNA JULIEBENNETT, MATTHEW J.NEALER, BRYAN W.
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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