System and method for text input with a multi-touch screen
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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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A method of inputting a text word in a computerized system using a virtual keyboard, including, recording two or more strokes; wherein each stroke forms contact with the virtual keyboard and maintains contact forming a trace path as it traverses through multiple keyboard keys, each key representing a letter; identifying the word based on the recording; and wherein every distinct letter in the word is represented by a key in one of the trace paths.
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18)
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14. An electronic device for inputting a text word intended by a user, comprising:
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a processor; memory; a touch sensitive screen; a virtual keyboard displayed on the touch sensitive screen; an operating system that is executed by the processor in the memory and is capable of inputting multiple points of contact with the virtual keyboard simultaneously; a text input program executed by the processor in memory;
wherein the text input program is programmed to;record 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 a-letters of the word, wherein the user can enter as many letters of the word as desired in each stroke; identify 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. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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