Supplementing a virtual input keyboard
First Claim
1. A method, said method comprising:
- receiving, by a first computer device, a selection of a form field in a web page from a second computer device that is displaying a virtual keyboard with character keys displayed on a display screen in the second computer device;
determining, by the first computer device, one or more candidate character keys based at least on previous data entries of the selected form field in one or more web pages, said previous data entries previously made by one or more users in the one or more web pages at one or more client computers before the first computer device received the one or more web pages from the one or more client computers, said first computer device being a first computer, said second computer device being a second computer, said first computer and said second computer being different computers;
determining, by the first computer, one or more supplement character keys of a supplemental keyboard based on character keys of the one or more candidate character keys that remain after matching character keys have been removed from the one or more candidate character keys, said matching character keys being character keys from the one or more candidate character keys that match character keys in the virtual keyboard displayed on the display screen;
communicating, by the first computer, the one or more supplement character keys to the second computer device; and
causing, by the first computer device, the second computer device to simultaneously display, on the display screen in the second computer device, the virtual keyboard and the supplemental keyboard.
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Abstract
A method and system. A first computer device determines one or more candidate character keys based at least on previous data entries of a form field in a web page received by the first computer device from a second computer device displaying a virtual keyboard with character keys displayed on a display screen in the second computer device. The first computer device removes one or more matching character keys from the one or more candidate character keys that match the displayed character keys in the virtual keyboard. The first computer device determines one or more supplement character keys of a supplemental keyboard based on character keys of the one or more candidate character keys that remain after the matching character keys have been removed from the one or more candidate character keys. The first computer device communicates the one or more supplement character keys to the second computer device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, said method comprising:
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receiving, by a first computer device, a selection of a form field in a web page from a second computer device that is displaying a virtual keyboard with character keys displayed on a display screen in the second computer device; determining, by the first computer device, one or more candidate character keys based at least on previous data entries of the selected form field in one or more web pages, said previous data entries previously made by one or more users in the one or more web pages at one or more client computers before the first computer device received the one or more web pages from the one or more client computers, said first computer device being a first computer, said second computer device being a second computer, said first computer and said second computer being different computers; determining, by the first computer, one or more supplement character keys of a supplemental keyboard based on character keys of the one or more candidate character keys that remain after matching character keys have been removed from the one or more candidate character keys, said matching character keys being character keys from the one or more candidate character keys that match character keys in the virtual keyboard displayed on the display screen; communicating, by the first computer, the one or more supplement character keys to the second computer device; and causing, by the first computer device, the second computer device to simultaneously display, on the display screen in the second computer device, the virtual keyboard and the supplemental keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product, comprising one or more computer readable hardware storage devices having computer readable program code stored therein, each computer readable hardware storage devices not encompassing a transitory propagating signal,
said program code containing instructions executable by one or more processors of a computer system to implement a method, said method comprising: -
receiving, by a first computer device, a selection of a form field in a web page from a second computer device that is displaying a virtual keyboard with character keys displayed on a display screen in the second computer device; determining, by the first computer device, one or more candidate character keys based at least on previous data entries of the selected form field in one or more web pages, said previous data entries previously made by one or more users in the one or more web pages at one or more client computers before the first computer device received the one or more web pages from the one or more client computers, said first computer device being a first computer, said second computer device being a second computer, said first computer and said second computer being different computers; determining, by the first computer, one or more supplement character keys of a supplemental keyboard based on character keys of the one or more candidate character keys that remain after matching character keys have been removed from the one or more candidate character keys, said matching character keys being character keys from the one or more candidate character keys that match character keys in the virtual keyboard displayed on the display screen; communicating, by the first computer, the one or more supplement character keys to the second computer device; and causing, by the first computer device, the second computer device to simultaneously display, on the display screen in the second computer device, the virtual keyboard and the supplemental keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer system, comprising one or more processors, one or more memories, and one or more computer readable hardware storage devices, said one or more hardware storage device containing program code executable by the one or more processors via the one or more memories to implement a method, said method comprising:
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receiving, by a first computer device, a selection of a form field in a web page from a second computer device that is displaying a virtual keyboard with character keys displayed on a display screen in the second computer device; determining, by the first computer device, one or more candidate character keys based at least on previous data entries of the selected form field in one or more web pages, said previous data entries previously made by one or more users in the one or more web pages at one or more client computers before the first computer device received the one or more web pages from the one or more client computers, said first computer device being a first computer, said second computer device being a second computer, said first computer and said second computer being different computers; determining, by the first computer, one or more supplement character keys of a supplemental keyboard based on character keys of the one or more candidate character keys that remain after matching character keys have been removed from the one or more candidate character keys, said matching character keys being character keys from the one or more candidate character keys that match character keys in the virtual keyboard displayed on the display screen; communicating, by the first computer, the one or more supplement character keys to the second computer device; and causing, by the first computer device, the second computer device to simultaneously display, on the display screen in the second computer device, the virtual keyboard and the supplemental keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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