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Method and apparatus for improved text entry

  • US 9,046,928 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2013
  • Issued: 06/02/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for user input comprising:

  • generating a keyboard layout and allocating to individual characters areas which vary among the character set with larger areas assigned to characters more likely to be used in a language selected by a user;

    receiving a user input, wherein the user input includes a gesture that represents a plurality of characters and wherein a shape of the gesture is related to the position of the plurality of characters within the keyboard layout;

    responding to the user input by dynamically altering the allocation of areas among the character set to allocate an enlarged area to an anticipated next character based upon the most likely next character to be used in the language selected by the user;

    identifying a string of characters associated with the gesture;

    andproviding the identified string as text input.

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