Entry of text and selections into computing devices
First Claim
1. A method of correcting a word entered into a computing device having a display using a text entry program comprising the steps of:
- (a) selecting a word to be corrected from among one or more words displayed on the computing device display screen;
(b) entering text correction mode and leaving the text entry program;
(c) displaying the text characters comprising the word selected for correction so that each of the text characters in the word can be individually selected by a user;
(d) selecting a text character;
(e) making a correction by changing the text character selected, deleting the text character selected or inserting a text character adjacent to the text character selected;
(f) repeating steps (d) and (e) as needed to change the word selected for correction to a corrected word; and
(g) exiting correction mode and returning to the text entry program, and replacing the word selected to be corrected with the corrected word.
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Abstract
Aids for improving the use of computing devices incorporating touch sensitive screens and other computing devices, including a method for correcting words incorrectly entered into a computing device which has the steps of: selecting as the word to be corrected one of the one or more words displayed on a computing device display screen during use of text entry software; entering text correction mode and leaving the text entry program; displaying the characters comprising the word to be corrected in such a way that each character can be selected individually by the user; selecting a character to be corrected or deleted, or a character adjacent where a missing character(s) will be inserted; correcting the character selected in the previous step (which can include deleting the character selected) or inserting a character(s); optionally repeating the last two steps to correct additional characters until the word selected to be corrected is changed to a corrected word to which no more changes or corrections need to be made; exiting correction mode and re-entering the text entry program; and replacing the word selected to be corrected with the corrected word.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of correcting a word entered into a computing device having a display using a text entry program comprising the steps of:
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(a) selecting a word to be corrected from among one or more words displayed on the computing device display screen; (b) entering text correction mode and leaving the text entry program; (c) displaying the text characters comprising the word selected for correction so that each of the text characters in the word can be individually selected by a user; (d) selecting a text character; (e) making a correction by changing the text character selected, deleting the text character selected or inserting a text character adjacent to the text character selected; (f) repeating steps (d) and (e) as needed to change the word selected for correction to a corrected word; and (g) exiting correction mode and returning to the text entry program, and replacing the word selected to be corrected with the corrected word. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 13. A computing device comprising a means of entering correction mode during text entry.
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16. A text entry program for a computing device comprising correction mode functionality.
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