Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130111369 | METHODS AND DEVICES TO PROVIDE COMMON USER INTERFACE MODE BASED ON IMAGES | 05-02-2013 |
20130120266 | IN-LETTER WORD PREDICTION FOR VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A method including receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard rendered on a display, generating a set of characters that includes the character, and displaying the generated set of characters at a location associated with a key of the virtual keyboard of the display which corresponds to a subsequent candidate input character. An electronic device including a display having a virtual keyboard rendered thereupon and a processor, the processor being configured to perform the method. Also disclosed is a keyboard, including a plurality of keys, each key corresponding to one or more different characters of a plurality of characters, wherein in response to receiving an input of a character, the keyboard is configured to perform the method. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120267 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOVING OR REPLACING ON-KEYBOARD PREDICTION CANDIDATES - Methods and electronic devices are provided for processing prediction candidates in connection with virtual keyboards and touch-sensitive displays. A display area of the touch-sensitive displays a virtual keyboard. Within the virtual keyboard is a plurality of keys, each of at least some of the keys corresponding to one or more different characters of a plurality of characters. The methods and devices may detect a selection of one or more of the keys. The methods and devices may generate one or more sets of characters based on the one or more characters corresponding to the selected key. The methods and devices may display the sets of characters within or substantially within the virtual keyboard. The methods and devices may detect a gesture associated with one of the displayed sets of characters, and, in response to detecting the gesture, remove the one of the displayed sets of characters from the virtual keyboard. | 05-16-2013 |
20130181935 | DEVICE AND ACCESSORY WITH CAPACITIVE TOUCH POINT PASS-THROUGH - A touch sensitive input apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a panel with at least one capacitive touch sensor. A cover is positionable over part of the input panel. Within the cover is at least one capacitive touch point pass-through having an exposed first side and extending through the cover towards an opposite back surface of the cover, which faces the input panel. The side of the capacitive touch point pass-through opposite the front surface capacitively couples to at least one capacitive touch sensor of the input panel when the cover is positioned over the input panel. A method identifies the cover placed over the input panel, maps capacitive touch point pass-throughs of the identified to portions of the input panel, and configures displays to present visual content at locations corresponding to windows of the identified cover. | 07-18-2013 |
20130215071 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling an electronic device that includes a touch-sensitive display and a plurality of hardware components. The method includes detecting a touch at at least one of the hardware components of the electronic device, identifying a function associated with the at least one of the hardware components, and performing the function at the electronic device. | 08-22-2013 |
20130222249 | TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD PROVIDING WORD PREDICTIONS IN PARTITIONS OF THE TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD IN PROXIMATE ASSOCIATION WITH CANDIDATE LETTERS - A method including receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard displayed on a display, generating a set of predicted input characters based on the input character, and displaying the generated set of characters in partitions of the virtual keyboard in proximate association with candidate letters is disclosed. An electronic device and a keyboard configured to perform the method are also disclosed. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222323 | Peekable User Interface On a Portable Electronic Device - A method and portable electronic device are provided that presents a user interface based upon detected input, such as a touch contact with a touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device, from displacement of a covering apparatus to uncover a portion of the display while the display is in a low power condition such as a sleep state. The information in the user interface that is displayed is determined at least in part by the extent of the displacement of the covering apparatus. The user of the device can peek at the user interface of the device and not have to completely uncover or remove the device from the covering apparatus to view particular types of information. | 08-29-2013 |
20130246329 | IN-CONTEXT WORD PREDICTION AND WORD CORRECTION - Methods and systems for predicting user input on a keyboard. Methods include enabling user input on a display comprising at least three fields. The first field displays an input string that is based on input selections such as keyboard entries. The second field displays a candidate prediction generated based on other input selections, consisting at least in part of a proposed completion to the input selection, and partially based on the input string in the first field. The third field displays another candidate prediction generated based on the input string in the first field as well as the candidate prediction in the second field. | 09-19-2013 |
20130271385 | Method of Changing Input States - A method of changing input states on an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes displaying a virtual keyboard on a touch-sensitive display, wherein the virtual keyboard includes a first input character set when the device is in a first input state; and transitioning the device to a second input state when touch input corresponding to a predefined gesture is detected when the device is in the first input state, wherein in the second input state, the virtual keyboard includes a second input character set. | 10-17-2013 |
20130285913 | TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD PROVIDING WORD PREDICTIONS AT LOCATIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH CANDIDATE LETTERS - A method for providing a virtual keyboard displayed on a display with visual cues is provided. The method includes: receiving an input of a character from the virtual keyboard; displaying one or more sets of predicted input characters in a prediction bar displayed on the display, wherein each set of predicted input characters is located within the prediction bar at a position corresponding to a key of subsequent candidate input character in the set of predicted input characters. | 10-31-2013 |
20130285916 | TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD PROVIDING WORD PREDICTIONS AT LOCATIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH CANDIDATE LETTERS - A method for providing a virtual keyboard displayed on a display with visual cues is provided. The method includes: receiving an input of a character from the virtual keyboard; displaying one or more sets of predicted input characters in a prediction bar displayed on the display, wherein each set of predicted input characters is located within the prediction bar at a position corresponding to a key of subsequent candidate input character in the set of predicted input characters. | 10-31-2013 |
20130285926 | Configurable Touchscreen Keyboard - A method for configuring a virtual keyboard on a display, comprising: detecting a touch input associated with a location in the virtual keyboard on the display; adjusting, when the touch input is a designated touch gesture, a position of the virtual keyboard within a user interface screen in which the virtual keyboard is located in accordance with a direction of the touch input. | 10-31-2013 |
20130321280 | Method and System for Rendering Diacritic Characters - A method and system for enabling input of diacritic characters on a handheld electronic device. The method includes detecting an input associated with a selected key and determining likelihood that the input reflects selection of a diacritic character. The time after which the set of possible diacritic characters that are utilized is rendered in response to a selected key being engaged in a press-and-hold operation is based on the determined likelihood. | 12-05-2013 |
20140002363 | TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD PROVIDING SELECTION OF WORD PREDICTIONS IN PARTITIONS OF THE TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD | 01-02-2014 |