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Data entry for personal computing devices

  • US 7,921,361 B2
  • Filed: 10/12/2007
  • Issued: 04/05/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A handheld personal computing device comprising:

  • a touch-sensitive display;

    a processing unit; and

    a computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions for directing the processing unit to assist with character generation and entry by;

    displaying a digital keyboard on the touch-sensitive display, the digital keyboard comprising a plurality of characters;

    detecting a first type of contact by a user with the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to selection of any of the plurality of characters;

    selecting a plurality of completion candidates from a set of completion candidates stored in a dictionary, based on the first type of contact by the user with the touch-sensitive display;

    displaying the plurality of completion candidates in a search list for user selection;

    detecting a second type of contact by the user with the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to selection of at least one of the plurality of completion candidates, wherein the second type of contact includes a gesture;

    selecting the at least one of the plurality of completion candidates corresponding to the gesture;

    generating a string in response to at least one of the first type of contact and the second type of contact;

    displaying the string on the touch-sensitive display;

    obtaining a modified plurality of completion candidates from the dictionary in response to a user input signal corresponding to use of a particular completion candidate in the search list to retrieve completion candidates from the dictionary that begin with the particular completion candidate;

    clearing the search list; and

    displaying the modified plurality of completion candidates in the search list.

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