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System and method for improving text input in a shorthand-on-keyboard interface

  • US 9,256,580 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2014
  • Issued: 02/09/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for gesture recognition by a computing device, the system comprising:

  • one or more processors;

    a memory coupled to the one or more processors;

    a touch-sensitive display coupled to the one or more processors;

    a virtual keyboard module configured to display a virtual keyboard on the touch-sensitive display and to receive a continuous stroke input by a user on the virtual keyboard,wherein the continuous stroke comprises a start-point and an end-point;

    a recognition module configured to obtain a most probable candidate word corresponding to the continuous stroke input by a user on the virtual keyboard; and

    a candidate display module configured to display, over the virtual keyboard, one or more characters representing the most probable candidate word,wherein a representation of the most probable candidate word is displayed at a particular location selected based at least in part on the continuous stroke end-point.

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