Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic generation of soft keyboards for mobile devices
- Patent Title (中): 为移动设备动态生成软键盘
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Application No.: US12570096Application Date: 2009-09-30
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Publication No.: US08812972B2Publication Date: 2014-08-19
- Inventor: Srinivas Bangalore
- Applicant: Srinivas Bangalore
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Hartman & Citrin LLC
- Main IPC: G06F3/048
- IPC: G06F3/048 ; G06F3/041 ; G06F3/14 ; G06F3/00 ; G09G5/00 ; G06F3/0488

Abstract:
Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to improving the efficiency of text input by dynamically generating a visually assistive virtual keyboard. Exemplary variations display a soft keyboard on a touchscreen of a text-entry device. The touchscreen works with the soft keyboard as a form of text input. Keyboard logic on the text-entry device is programmed to change the visual appearance of each key within the soft keyboard based on the prior entry. The keyboard logic assigns a prediction value to each key based on a statistical probability that the key will be entered next. The touchscreen displays a visually enhanced keyboard based on these prediction values. Enhancements include resizing keys relative to their prediction value, rearranging the keys a distance from the previous key entered inverse to its prediction value, etc.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110078613A1 Dynamic Generation of Soft Keyboards for Mobile Devices Public/Granted day:2011-03-31
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