User interface for entering and editing data in data entry fields
First Claim
1. A method for entering new characters or editing pre-existing characters in a plurality of data entry fields on a display screen including a handwriting capture widget in a fixed location and separate from a plurality of text entry widgets corresponding to the data entry fields using a user interface, comprising the steps of:
- assigning one text entry widget from a sequentially ordered list of text entry widgets as a current text entry widget;
displaying in the handwriting capture widget any characters in the current text entry widget;
receiving in the handwriting capture widget at least one character for entry into the current text entry widget;
after receipt of the at least one character in the current text entry widget is complete and when the current text entry widget is not a last text entry widget in the sequentially ordered list of text entry widgets, automatically selecting as the current text entry widget a next text entry widget from the sequentially ordered list of text entry widgets; and
repeating said displaying step, said receiving step, and said selecting step.
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Abstract
An automatically advancing user interface for entering new data and editing pre-existing data in data entry fields on a display screen. Data is entered and/or edited in a universal handwriting capture widget. A plurality of text entry widgets corresponding to the different data entry fields are displayed on the screen. The user defines a sequentially ordered list of text entry widgets. At any given time only one text entry widget is selected as the current text entry widget based on the sequentially ordered list. The data in the current text entry widget is displayed in the handwriting capture widget. After the data has been entered and/or edited in the handwriting capture widget it is displayed in the current text entry widget. The current text entry widget is then automatically advanced by selecting as the current text entry widget the next text entry widget in the sequentially ordered list of text entry widgets.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for entering new characters or editing pre-existing characters in a plurality of data entry fields on a display screen including a handwriting capture widget in a fixed location and separate from a plurality of text entry widgets corresponding to the data entry fields using a user interface, comprising the steps of:
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assigning one text entry widget from a sequentially ordered list of text entry widgets as a current text entry widget; displaying in the handwriting capture widget any characters in the current text entry widget; receiving in the handwriting capture widget at least one character for entry into the current text entry widget; after receipt of the at least one character in the current text entry widget is complete and when the current text entry widget is not a last text entry widget in the sequentially ordered list of text entry widgets, automatically selecting as the current text entry widget a next text entry widget from the sequentially ordered list of text entry widgets; and repeating said displaying step, said receiving step, and said selecting step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for entering new characters or editing pre-existing characters in a plurality of data entry fields on a display screen including a handwriting capture widget in a fixed location and separate from a plurality of text entry widgets corresponding to the data entry fields using a user interface, comprising:
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means for assigning one text entry widget from a sequentially ordered list of text entry widgets as a current text entry widget; means for displaying in the handwriting capture widget any characters in the current text entry widget; means for receiving in the handwriting capture widget at least one character for entry into the current text entry widget; and means for automatically selecting as the current text entry widget a next text entry widget from the sequentially ordered list of text entry widgets. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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