Correction widget

• US 6,986,106 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2002
• Issued: 01/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Iwema, Marieke, Garside, Adrian J., Winkler, David V., Soin, Ravipal, Huapaya, Luis M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vaughn, Gregory J.
• Application Number:
  US10/145,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20030212961A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,338 Days
• Field of Search: 715/500, 715/512, 715/520, 715/526, 715/531, 715/532
• US Class Current: 715/271
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04895 Guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/171 by use of digital ink
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1423 the instrument generating sequences of position coordinates corresponding to handwriting preprocessing or recognising digital ink G06V30/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/387 using human interaction, e.g. selection of the best displayed recognition candidate
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A correction tool that displays a correction widget when a user acts to correct text is provided. More particularly, if the user places an insertion point in or to the immediate left of the text, or selects the text, the tool displays the correction widget immediately to the left of the selected text. The user can then quickly access a correction interface for correcting the text simply by moving the pointer the short distance from the insertion point to the correction widget. When the user activates the correction widget, the tool displays the correction interface immediately proximal to the correction widget. Thus, the user need only move the pointer a small distance further to then correct the text using the correction interface.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of correcting electronic text presented on a display, comprising:

displaying a graphical object adjacent to the text, wherein the text has been recognized from a natural input object;

receiving input from a user selecting the graphical object;

in response to receiving the input from the user selecting the graphical object, displaying a correction interface for correcting the text;

displaying the graphical object adjacent to the text in response to receiving input from the user designating only a portion of the text for correction; and

displaying one or more recognition alternates for the natural input object in the correction interface, the one or more recognition alternates corresponding to the designated portion of the text; and

if the user selects one of the displayed alternates, changing the text to the selected alternate.

2. The computer-implemented method of correcting electronic text recited in claim 1, wherein the alternates differ from the text by only the selected portion of the text.

3. The computer-implemented method of correcting electronic text recited in claim 1, wherein each alternate shares the selected portion of the text.