TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD PREDICTIVE DISPLAY AND GENERATION OF A SET OF CHARACTERS
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Abstract
A method including receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard rendered on a display, generating a set of characters that includes the character, and displaying the generated set of characters at a location that is associated with the virtual keyboard and that is on the display. An electronic device including a display having a virtual keyboard rendered thereupon and a processor, the processor being configured to perform the method. Also disclosed is a keyboard, including a plurality of keys, each key corresponding to one or more different characters of a plurality of characters, wherein in response to receiving an input of a character, the keyboard is configured to generate a set of characters that includes the character, and the keyboard is further configured to cause display of the generated set of characters at a location that is associated with the virtual keyboard and that is on the display.
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34 Claims
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18. A method comprising:
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receiving an input of one or more characters from a virtual keyboard, wherein the virtual keyboard comprises a plurality of character keys and at least some the keys are configured for displaying characters; displaying one or more first predicted words, each of the first predicted words being displayed at one or more first select locations within the virtual keyboard; and in response to receiving an input reflecting selection of one of the first predicted words, displaying one or more predicted sets of characters at one or more second select locations within the virtual keyboard, the one or more second select locations being selected using one or more subsequent candidate input characters corresponding to the one or more predicted sets of characters. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An electronic device comprising:
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a display having a virtual keyboard rendered thereupon, and a processor; the processor configured to perform; receiving an input of one or more characters from the virtual keyboard, wherein the virtual keyboard comprises a plurality of character keys and at least some the keys are configured for displaying characters; displaying one or more first predicted words, each of first predicted words being displayed at one or more first select locations within the virtual keyboard; and in response to receiving an input reflecting selection of one of the first predicted words, displaying one or more predicted sets of characters at one or more second select locations within the virtual keyboard, the one or more second select locations being selected using one or more subsequent candidate input characters corresponding to the one or more predicted sets of characters.
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34. A keyboard rendered on a display of an electronic device, the keyboard comprising:
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a plurality of keys, each key corresponding to one or more different characters of a plurality of characters, wherein in response to receiving an input of one or more characters, the electronic device is configured to; display one or more first predicted words, each of the first predicted words being displayed at one or more first select locations within the virtual keyboard; and in response to receiving an input reflecting selection of one of the first predicted words, display one or more predicted sets of characters at one or more second select locations within the virtual keyboard, the one or more second select locations being selected using one or more subsequent candidate input characters corresponding to the one or more predicted sets of characters.
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