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Systems and methods for gesture-based formatting

  • US 10,521,493 B2
  • Filed: 01/15/2016
  • Issued: 12/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic input and display device, comprising:

  • an electronic display for displaying text;

    a gesture input device for receiving at least one type of gesture input;

    a processor in communication with the electronic display and the gesture input device; and

    a computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for formatting text displayed on the electronic display, the operations comprising;

    associating each of a plurality of text formatting rules along a sequential continuum from a first formatting rule to a last formatting rule;

    displaying text via the electronic display with a current formatting rule from the sequential continuum of text formatting rules applied to the text;

    receiving a first gesture input via the gesture input device associated with the electronic display;

    associating the first gesture input with advancement along the sequential continuum of text formatting rules in a first direction to a next formatting rule from the sequential continuum of text formatting rules; and

    applying the next formatting rule to the text,wherein the electronic display comprises a touchscreen display,wherein the gesture input device comprises a touchscreen digitizer associated with the touchscreen display, andwherein the at least one type of gesture input includes one of a two-finger pinch/spread gesture input, a two-finger tap gesture input, a two-finger twist gesture input, a single-finger diagonal swipe gesture input, a multi-finger diagonal swipe gesture input, a single-finger horizontal swipe gesture input, a multi-finger horizontal swipe gesture input, and a press and hold gesture input.

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