Predictive Input Using Custom Dictionaries

• US 20140208258A1
• Filed: 01/22/2013
• Published: 07/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Yuen, Jenny, St. Clair, Luke
• Application Number:
  US13/746,988
• Publication Number:
  US 20140208258A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes detecting that a first user is entering a text input at an input region of a computing device, wherein the input region includes multiple subregions and each subregion is associated with at least one character of a plurality of characters. The method also includes determining, for each character as the first user enters the text input, a probability that the character is next in the text input. The method further includes determining a size of each subregion based on the determined probability of the character associated with the subregion.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a computing device, detecting that a first user is entering a text input at an input region of the computing device, the input region comprising a plurality of subregions, each subregion associated with at least one character of a plurality of characters;

by the computing device, determining, for each character of the plurality of characters as the first user enters the text input, a probability that the character is next in the text input; and

by the computing device, determining a size of each subregion based on the determined probability of the character associated with the subregion.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determined probability is based on one or more customized dictionaries associated with the first user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more customized dictionaries are based on input histories associated with the first user.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more customized dictionaries are based on a usage context comprising:

an application on the computing device receiving the input term, a second user with whom the first user is communicating, or any combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one subregion is associated with a plurality of characters, and wherein the character displayed in the at least one subregion associated with a plurality of characters is based on the determined probabilities of each character associated with the at least one subregion.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the input region comprises at least one of a touch-sensitive screen, a touch sensor, a virtual keyboard, an optical sensor, a motion sensor, or any combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising, by the computing device, displaying the subregions at the input region based on the determined size.

8. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

detect that a first user is entering a text input at an input region of the computing device, the input region comprising a plurality of subregions, each subregion associated with at least one character of a plurality of characters;

determine, for each character of the plurality of characters as the first user enters the text input, a probability that the character is next in the text input; and

determine a size of each subregion based on the determined probability of the character associated with the subregion.

9. The media of claim 8, wherein the determined probability is based on one or more customized dictionaries associated with the first user.

10. The media of claim 9, wherein the one or more customized dictionaries are based on input histories associated with the first user.

11. The media of claim 9, wherein the one or more customized dictionaries are based on a usage context comprising:

an application on the computing device receiving the input term, a second user with whom the first user is communicating, or any combination thereof.

12. The media of claim 8, wherein at least one subregion is associated with a plurality of characters, and wherein the character displayed in the at least one subregion associated with a plurality of characters is based on the determined probabilities of each character associated with the at least one subregion.

13. The media of claim 8, wherein the input region comprises at least one of a touch-sensitive screen, a touch sensor, a virtual keyboard, an optical sensor, a motion sensor, or any combination thereof.

14. The media of claim 8, wherein the software is further operable when executed to display the subregions at the input region based on the determined size.

15. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to;

detect that a first user is entering a text input at an input region of the computing device, the input region comprising a plurality of subregions, each subregion associated with at least one character of a plurality of characters;

determine, for each character of the plurality of characters as the first user enters the text input, a probability that the character is next in the text input; and

determine a size of each subregion based on the determined probability of the character associated with the subregion.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the determined probability is based on one or more customized dictionaries associated with the first user.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more customized dictionaries are based on input histories associated with the first user.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more customized dictionaries are based on a usage context comprising:

an application on the computing device receiving the input term, a second user with whom the first user is communicating, or any combination thereof

19. The system of claim 16, wherein at least one subregion is associated with a plurality of characters, and wherein the character displayed in the at least one subregion associated with a plurality of characters is based on the determined probabilities of each character associated with the at least one subregion.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the input region comprises at least one of a touch-sensitive screen, a touch sensor, a virtual keyboard, an optical sensor, a motion sensor, or any combination thereof.