Correction widget

• US 7,263,657 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2005
• Issued: 08/28/2007
• 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:
  US11/189,984
• Publication Number:
  US 20050273713A1
• Time in Patent Office: 762 Days
• Field of Search: 715/500, 715/512, 715/520, 715/526, 715/531, 715/532
• US Class Current: 715/248
• 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 readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon for correcting electronic text presented on a display by performing steps 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 one or more recognition alternates for the natural input object in the correction interface, the one or more recognition alternates corresponding to a 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 readable medium of claim 1, wherein the alternates differ from the text by only the selected portion of the text.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein each alternate shares the selected portion of the text.

4. A computer readable medium having computer executable components for correcting electronic text presented on a display comprising:

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

an input module configured to receive input from a user selecting the graphical object;

wherein the display module is configured to display a correction interface for correcting the text in response to receiving the user input

an correction module for causing one or more recognition alternates for the natural input object to be displayed in the correction interface, the one or more recognition alternates corresponding to a designated portion of the text, and if the user selects one of the displayed alternates, the correction module causing the text be changed to the selected alternate.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 4, wherein the alternates differ from the text by only the selected portion of the text.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 4, wherein each alternate shares the selected portion of the text.

7. A system for correcting electronic text comprising:

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

user input means for receiving a user selection of the graphical object;

wherein the means for displaying displays a correction interface for correcting the text in response to receiving the user selection of the graphical object;

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

means for changing the text to one of the displayed alternates in response to a user selection of one of the displayed alternates.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the alternates differ from the text by only the selected portion of the text.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein each alternate shares the selected portion of the text.