KEYBOARD WITH GESTURE-REDUNDANT KEYS REMOVED
First Claim
1. A system comprising, a keyboard on a touch-sensitive surface at which tap input and gesture input is detected, the keyboard configured with a removed key set comprising at least one removed or substantially removed key, each key of the removed key set corresponding to a character that is enterable via a gesture.
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Abstract
The subject disclosure is directed towards a graphical or printed keyboard having keys removed, in which the removed keys are those made redundant by gesture input. For example, a graphical or printed keyboard may be the same overall size and have the same key sizes as other graphical or printed keyboards with no numeric keys, yet via the removed keys may fit numeric and alphabetic keys into the same footprint. Also described is having three or more characters per key, with a tap corresponding to one character, and different gestures on the key differentiating among the other characters.
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20 Claims
- 1. A system comprising, a keyboard on a touch-sensitive surface at which tap input and gesture input is detected, the keyboard configured with a removed key set comprising at least one removed or substantially removed key, each key of the removed key set corresponding to a character that is enterable via a gesture.
- 15. A method comprising, receiving data corresponding to interaction with a key of a keyboard comprising a plurality of keys, in which the key represents at least three characters, and if the data indicates that the interaction represents a first gesture, outputting a first character value, or if the data indicates that the interaction represents a second gesture that is different from the first gesture, outputting a second character value.
- 18. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions, which when executed perform steps, comprising, providing a graphical or printed keyboard, in which the graphical or printed keyboard includes alphabetic keys and numeric keys in a same-sized or substantially same-sized screen area relative to a different graphical or printed keyboard that includes alphabetic keys and does not include numeric keys, and in which the graphical or printed keyboard and the different graphical or printed keyboard have same-sized or substantially same-sized alphabetic keys, including by removing one or more keys from the graphical or printed keyboard that are made redundant by gesture input.
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