IP Library Granted Patent US 9,298,295
Granted Patent B2
US 9,298,295 · App. 13/557,654 · Granted Mar 29, 2016

Gestures for auto-correct

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Patent No.
US 9,298,295
App. No.
13/557,654
Granted
Mar 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to a user entering a string of one or more characters on a computing device, displaying the string on a display of the computing device and determining an auto-suggestion for the string; displaying all or a portion of the auto-suggestion on the display with the string; and, in response to a swipe touch gesture on the display, terminating the display of the auto-suggestion.

Claims (32)

1. A method comprising:

in response to a user entering a string of one or more characters on a computing device, displaying the string on a display of the computing device and determining a plurality of auto-suggestion for the string;

displaying all or a portion of exactly one of the auto-suggestion on the display with the string, wherein the displayed auto-suggestion is located substantially adjacent to the string and wherein no other auto-suggestion of the plurality of auto-suggestions is displayed simultaneously;

in response to a swipe touch gesture on the display detected over a region defined by the displayed auto-suggestion, causing the displayed auto-suggestion to disappear;

determining a second one of the auto-suggestions for the string; and

displaying all or a portion of the second auto-suggestion on the display with the string.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displayed auto-suggestion is an auto-correction or an auto-completion of the string.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to the user making a particular touch gesture on the display, implementing the second auto-suggestion for the sting.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the swipe touch gesture occurred substantially at the location adjacent to the string.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the swipe touch gesture occurred within an area of a touch-screen keyboard of the computing device.

6. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

in response to a user entering a string of one or more characters on a computing device, display the string on a display of the computing device and determine an a plurality of auto-suggestion for the string;

display all or a portion of exactly one of the auto-suggestion on the display with the string, wherein the displayed auto-suggestion is located substantially adjacent to the string and wherein no other auto-suggestion of the plurality of auto-suggestions is displayed simultaneously;

in response to a swipe touch gesture on the display detected over a region defined by the displayed auto-suggestion, cause the displayed auto-suggestion to disappear;

determining a second one of the auto-suggestions for the string; and

displaying all or a portion of the second auto-suggestion on the display with the string.

7. The media of claim 6 , wherein the displayed auto-suggestion is an auto-correction or an auto-completion of the string.

8. The media of claim 6 , wherein the software is further operable to, in response to the user making a particular touch gesture on the display, implement the second auto-suggestion for the sting.

9. The media of claim 6 , wherein the swipe touch gesture occurred substantially at the location adjacent to the string.

10. The media of claim 6 , wherein the swipe touch gesture occurred within an area of a touch-screen keyboard of the computing device.

11. A device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the processors and embodying software that is operable when executed by the processors to:

in response to a user entering a string of one or more characters on the device, display the string on a display of the device and determine an a plurality of auto-suggestions for the string;

display all or a portion of exactly one of the auto-suggestion on the display with the string, wherein the displayed auto-suggestion is located substantially adjacent to the string and wherein no other auto-suggestion of the plurality of auto-suggestions is displayed simultaneously;

in response to a swipe touch gesture on the display detected over a region defined by the displayed auto-suggestion, cause the displayed auto-suggestion to disappear;

determining a second one of the auto-suggestions for the string; and

displaying all or a portion of the second auto-suggestion on the display with the string.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the displayed auto-suggestion is an auto-correction or an auto-completion of the string.

13. The device of claim 11 , wherein the software is further operable when executed by the processors to, in response to the user making a particular touch gesture on a the display, implement the other auto-suggestion for the sting.

14. The device of claim 11 , wherein the swipe touch gesture occurred substantially at the location adjacent to the string.

15. The device of claim 11 , wherein the swipe touch gesture occurred within an area of a touch-screen keyboard of the device.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 20, 2021
From: FACEBOOK, INC.
To: META PLATFORMS, INC.
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