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System and method for text input with a multi-touch screen

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  • US 8,713,464 B2
  • Filed: 04/25/2013
  • Issued: 04/29/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of inputting a text word intended by a user in a computerized system using a virtual keyboard, comprising:

  • recording two or more strokes, wherein in each stroke the user forms contact with the virtual keyboard and maintains contact forming a trace path traversing through multiple keyboard keys, representing letters of the word, wherein the user can enter as many letters of the word as desired in each stroke;

    identifying the word based on the recording; and

    wherein two or more distinct letters of the word are selected from the trace path of a first stroke of the two or more strokes and at least one letter of the word appearing between the letters selected from the first stroke is selected from a different stroke that overlaps temporally with the first stroke.

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