Controlled manipulation of characters

• US 7,778,821 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2004
• Issued: 08/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Chambers, Robert, Andrew, Felix GTI, Mowatt, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Hudspeth; David R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Spooner; Lamont M
• Application Number:
  US10/997,255
• Publication Number:
  US 20060111890A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,092 Days
• Field of Search: 704/231, 704/251, 704/9, 704/10, 715/257, 715/255, 715/256, 715/259, 345/173, 345/689, 455/556.1, 341/22
• US Class Current: 704/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/221 Announcement of recognition results

Abstract

A method and system for manipulating characters displayed on a display screen is provided wherein the method includes identifying a selected word, wherein the selected word includes at least one character to be modified. The method further includes correlating each of the at least one character with a unique numerical value and receiving a selection command and a modification command, wherein the selection command is the unique numerical value corresponding to a selected character. Furthermore, the method includes modifying the selected character responsive to the modification command to generate a modified word.

Claims

1. A method for manipulating characters displayed on a display, the method comprising:

identifying, with a computing system, a selected word that includes at least one character to be modified;

receiving a spelling command to modify said selected word;

correlating, with the computing system, unique numerical values with corresponding characters of said selected word, wherein each character of said selected word corresponds to a unique numerical value;

displaying a list of at least one allowable character modification, on the display associated with the computing system, wherein said list includes a unique numerical value corresponding to each of said at least one allowable character modification;

receiving, with the computing system, a selection command and a modification command for said at least one character to be modified, wherein said selection command comprises said unique numerical value corresponding to said selected character to be modified in said selected word; and

modifying said selected character responsive to said modification command to generate a modified word.

2. The method of claim 1, further including invoking a spelling User Interface (UI) in response to said spelling command that is configured to allow vocal communication of said selected word.

3. The method of claim 2, further including accepting a vocal exit command to exit the spelling UI.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said allowing further includes replacing said selected word with said modified word responsive to said exit command.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein said exit command is “

OK”

.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein said identifying further includes the spelling UI receiving an audio signal via an audio input device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said correlating further includes, displaying said selected word on the display to visually correlate each character of said selected word with one of said unique numerical values.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said displaying said selected word includes, drawing a box around said selected word on the display;

and displaying each unique numerical value adjacent to each corresponding character of said selected word.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said identifying includes identifying a selected word and appending at least one space to said selected word to create an appended word, wherein said appended word includes at least one character to be modified.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said correlating further includes, displaying said appended word on the display to visually communicate the correlation between each character of said appended word and each corresponding unique numerical value.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said displaying said appended word includes, drawing a box around said appended word on the display;

and displaying each unique numerical value adjacent to each corresponding character of said appended word.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein if said modification command is “

Delete”

, said modifying includes deleting said selected character from said appended word.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving a selection and modification includes, receiving said selection command and said modification command via an audio input device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein if said modification command is a replacement character, said modifying includes replacing said selected character with said replacement character.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein if said modification command is “

Delete”

, said modifying includes deleting said selected character from said selected word.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein if said modification command is “

Insert”

, said modifying includes inserting a space between said selected character and an immediately preceding character.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein said modifying further includes selecting said space and visually indicating said space on the display.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein said modifying further includes selecting a subsequent character, wherein said subsequent character is disposed immediately following said selected character.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein said modifying further includes visually indicating said subsequent character on the display.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein said modification command comprises said unique numerical value corresponding to said at least one allowable character modification.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein said modification command is at least one of the words “

Change”

or “

Undo”

.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is implemented through use of at least one of a standalone application module and an integrated application module integrated with at least one of a target software application, a speech recognition software application, or an operating system.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is implemented through use of an integrated application module integrated with a target software application, and wherein the target software application includes at least one of a word processing application, a spreadsheet application, or an email application.

24. A computer-readable medium comprising machine-readable computer program code, the computer program code including instructions, that responsive to being executed by a processing device included in a computing system, cause the computing system to:

identify a selected word, wherein said selected word includes at least one character to be modified;

receive a spelling command to modify said selected word;

correlate, with the computing system, unique numerical values with corresponding characters of said selected word, wherein each character of said selected word corresponds to a unique numerical value;

display a list of at least one allowable character modification that includes a unique numerical value corresponding to each of said at least one allowable character modification on a display associated with the computing system;

receive a selection command and a modification command for said at least one character to be modified, wherein said selection command comprises said unique numerical value corresponding to said selected character to be modified in said selected word; and

modify said selected character responsive to said modification command to generate a modified word.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein said correlation causes the computing system to display said selected word on the display to visually correlate each character of said selected word with one of said unique numerical values.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 25, wherein each unique numerical value is displayed adjacent to a corresponding character of said selected word.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein if said modification command is “

Delete”

, said modification includes deleting said selected character from said selected word.

28. The computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein said reception of said selection command includes, receiving said selection command and said modification command via an audio input device.

29. The computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein if said modification command is a replacement character, said modification includes replacement of said selected character with said replacement character.