Indicating a word length using an input device
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting a gesture from a single input item on a touch-enabled display of an input device, the gesture input comprising a swipe gesture;
determining a location on the touch-enabled display where the swipe gesture begins and a direction of the swipe gesture;
dynamically subdividing a view area of the touch-enabled display into one or more segments based on the location and the direction of the swipe gesture, wherein each segment represents a particular word length;
detecting the swipe gesture move into a first segment of the one or more segments;
presenting a list of one or more words that each have a word length determined according to the word length indicated by the first segment;
detecting the swipe gesture move into a second segment of the one or more segments; and
dynamically updating the presented list of one or more words with one or more different words in response to detecting the swipe gesture move into the second segment and in response to a period of time elapsing after modification of the swipe gesture, the one or more different words each having a word length that corresponds to the word length indicated by the second segment.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and program product are disclosed for receiving an input from an input device, determining one or more characteristics of the received input, the one or more characteristics indicating a word length, and presenting a list of one or more words having word lengths determined according to the indicated word length.
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting a gesture from a single input item on a touch-enabled display of an input device, the gesture input comprising a swipe gesture; determining a location on the touch-enabled display where the swipe gesture begins and a direction of the swipe gesture; dynamically subdividing a view area of the touch-enabled display into one or more segments based on the location and the direction of the swipe gesture, wherein each segment represents a particular word length; detecting the swipe gesture move into a first segment of the one or more segments; presenting a list of one or more words that each have a word length determined according to the word length indicated by the first segment; detecting the swipe gesture move into a second segment of the one or more segments; and dynamically updating the presented list of one or more words with one or more different words in response to detecting the swipe gesture move into the second segment and in response to a period of time elapsing after modification of the swipe gesture, the one or more different words each having a word length that corresponds to the word length indicated by the second segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; a memory storing machine readable code executable by the processor, the machine readable code comprising; an input reception module configured to detect a gesture from a single touch input item on a touch-enabled display of an input device, the gesture input comprising a swipe gesture; a characteristic determination module configured to determine a location on the touch-enabled display where the swipe gesture begins and a direction of the swipe gesture; a subdividing module configured to dynamically subdivide a view area of the touch-enabled display into one or more segments based on the location and the direction of the swipe gesture, wherein each segment represents a particular word length, and wherein visible boundaries representing each segment are displayed on the touch-enabled display; a word presentation module configured to present a list of one or more words having word lengths determined in response to detecting the swipe gesture move into a first segment of the one or more segments; and an update module configured to dynamically update the presented list of one or more words with one or more different words having different word lengths indicated by the second segment in response to detecting the swipe gesture move into a second segment of the one or more segments and in response to a period of time elapsing after modification of the swipe gesture. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing machine readable code executable by a processor to perform:
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detecting a gesture from a single touch input item on a touch-enabled display of an input device, the gesture input comprising a swipe gesture; determining a location on the touch-enabled display where the swipe gesture begins and a direction of the swipe gesture; dynamically subdividing a view area of the touch-enabled display into one or more segments based on the location and the direction of the swipe gesture, wherein each segment represents a particular word length; displaying visible boundaries representing each segment on the touch-enabled display; detecting the swipe gesture move into a first segment of the one or more segments; presenting a list of one or more words having word lengths determined according to the word length indicated by the first segment; detecting the swipe gesture move into a second segment of the one or more segments; and dynamically updating the presented list of one or more words with one or more different words having different word lengths indicated by the second segment in response to detecting the swipe gesture move into the second segment and in response to a period of time elapsing after modification of the swipe gesture.
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