CHARACTER DELETION DURING KEYBOARD GESTURE
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Abstract
Techniques are described for character deletion on a computing device that utilizes a gesture-based keyboard. The computing device includes a processor and at least one module operable by the processor to output, for display at a presence-sensitive display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys and a text editor field. In response to receiving an indication of a gesture that comprises a first path, the module outputs a first character, based at least in part on the first path, associated with a first key and a second character associated with a second key. In response to determining that the gesture further comprises a second path that retraces at least a portion of the first path, the module removes the second character from the text editor field of the presence-sensitive display.
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39 Claims
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1-19. -19. (canceled)
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20. A method comprising:
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outputting, by a computing device and for display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys; receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a continuous gesture comprising a first path in a first direction from a first key of the plurality of keys to a second key of the plurality of keys; determining, by the computing device, that a second path of the continuous gesture from the second key towards the first key retraces at least a portion of the first path from the first key to the second key, wherein the second path is in a second direction that is substantially reverse to the first direction; and responsive to determining that the second path retraces at least the portion of the first path in the second direction that is substantially reverse to the first direction and that the continuous gesture further comprises a third path to a third key, outputting, by the computing device and for display, a character string comprising the third character subsequent to the first character and without the second character output between the first character and third character. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computing device comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one module operable by the at least one processor to; output, for display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys; receive an indication of a continuous gesture comprising a first path in a first direction from a first key of the plurality of keys to a second key of the plurality of keys; determine that a second path of the continuous gesture from the second key towards the first key retraces at least a portion of the first path from the first key to the second key, wherein the second path is in a second direction that is substantially reverse to the first direction; and responsive to determining that the second path retraces at least the portion of the first path in the second direction that is substantially reverse to the first direction and that the continuous gesture further comprises a third path to a third key, output, for display, a character string comprising the third character subsequent to the first character and without the second character output between the first character and third character. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed, causes at least one processor of a computing device to perform operations comprising:
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outputting, for display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys; receiving an indication of a continuous gesture comprising a first path in a first direction from a first key of the plurality of keys to a second key of the plurality of keys; determining that a second path of the continuous gesture from the second key towards the first key retraces at least a portion of the first path from the first key to the second key, wherein the second path is in a second direction that is substantially reverse to the first direction; and responsive to determining that the second path retraces at least the portion of the first path in the second direction that is substantially reverse to the first direction and that the continuous gesture further comprises a third path to a third key, outputting, for display, a character string comprising the third character subsequent to the first character and without the second character output between the first character and third character. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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Specification