KEY SWIPE GESTURES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE UI VIRTUAL KEYBOARD
First Claim
1. A device, comprising:
- a display for displaying content to a user;
a touch sensitive surface for allowing user input; and
a user interface including a virtual keyboard configured with a plurality of keys, each key having one or more key options, wherein a swipe gesture started on a particular key of the virtual keyboard causes a corresponding key option selection determined by the direction of the swipe gesture, and the other keys are not affected by the swipe gesture.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for providing a virtual keyboard key swipe mode for touch sensitive computing devices. The keyboard key swipe mode allows for the selection and/or input of key options for a particular virtual keyboard key using swipe gestures started from that particular key. Key options may include, for example, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers or characters. In one example case, an upward swipe gesture performed on a letter key causes an uppercase selection of that letter key and a downward swipe gesture performed on the letter key causes a lowercase selection of that letter key. In another example case, a rightward swipe gesture performed on an alphanumeric key may cause a first character selection and a leftward swipe gesture performed on the alphanumeric key may cause a second character selection. The keyboard key swipe mode may further include a change-all-keys user input that transitions all keys simultaneously.
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20 Claims
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1. A device, comprising:
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a display for displaying content to a user; a touch sensitive surface for allowing user input; and a user interface including a virtual keyboard configured with a plurality of keys, each key having one or more key options, wherein a swipe gesture started on a particular key of the virtual keyboard causes a corresponding key option selection determined by the direction of the swipe gesture, and the other keys are not affected by the swipe gesture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A mobile computing device, comprising:
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a display having a touch screen interface and for displaying content to a user; and a user interface including a virtual keyboard configured with a plurality of keys, each key having one or more key options, and a keyboard key swipe mode that is configured to be activated in response to user contact via the touch sensitive interface, wherein the user contact includes a swipe gesture started on a particular key of the virtual keyboard and causes a corresponding key option input determined by the direction of the swipe gesture. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A computer program product comprising a plurality of instructions non-transiently encoded thereon to facilitate operation of an electronic device according to the following process, the process comprising:
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in response to user input via a touch sensitive interface of a device capable of displaying content, activate a keyboard key swipe mode in the device, wherein the user input includes a swipe gesture initiated on a particular key of a virtual keyboard of the device to indicate a desired key option determined by the direction of the gesture; and select the desired key option, wherein the other keys are not affected by the selection. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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