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US 9,778,843 · App. 14/702,534 · Granted Oct 3, 2017

Gestures for keyboard switch

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Patent No.
US 9,778,843
App. No.
14/702,534
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a first one of a plurality of touch-screen keyboards on a touch-screen display of a computing device; and, in response to a touch gesture, displaying a second one of the keyboards on the touch-screen display in place of the first one of the keyboards.

Claims (34)

1. A method comprising:

by a computing device, displaying a first one of a plurality of touch-screen keyboards on a touch-screen display of the computing device;

by the computing device, detecting a touch gesture on the touch-screen display;

by the computing device, determining based on the touch gesture a second one of the keyboards to display on the touch-screen display in place of the first one of the keyboards, wherein the determination is independent of a location of the touch gesture on the touch-screen display and wherein the determination is further based on an order of the plurality of touch-screen keyboards, the order being based on a frequency of usage of the plurality of touch-screen keyboards; and

by the computing device, displaying with the first one of the keyboards an indication of the second one of the keyboards.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the touch gesture comprises a two-finger tap.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the touch gesture comprises a swipe touch gesture.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the swipe touch gesture comprises a one-finger swipe touch gesture.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the swipe touch gesture comprises a two-finger swipe touch gesture.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the touch gesture occurs substantially within an area of the display of the first one of the touch-screen keyboards.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying with the second one of the keyboards an indication of a third one of the keyboards that the user can make a touch-gesture to have displayed on the touch-screen display.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first one of the keyboards comprises only letters and the second one of the keyboards comprises only numbers.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first one of the keyboards comprises a standard layout and the second one of the keyboards comprises a non-standard layout.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the standard layout is a QWERTY layout and the non-standard layout is a Dvorak simplified keyboard.

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

display a first one of a plurality of touch-screen keyboards on a touch-screen display of a computing device;

detect a touch gesture on the touch-screen display;

determine based on the touch gesture a second one of the keyboards to display on the touch-screen display in place of the first one of the keyboards, wherein the determination is independent of a location of the touch gesture on the touch-screen display and wherein the determination is further based on an order of the plurality of touch-screen keyboards, the order being based on a frequency of usage of the plurality of touch-screen keyboards; and

display with the first one of the keyboards an indication of the second one of the keyboards.

12. The media of claim 11 , wherein the touch gesture comprises a two-finger tap.

13. The media of claim 11 , wherein the touch gesture comprises a swipe touch gesture.

14. The media of claim 12 , wherein the swipe touch gesture comprises a one-finger swipe touch gesture.

15. The media of claim 12 , wherein the swipe touch gesture comprises a two-finger swipe touch gesture.

16. The media of claim 11 , wherein the touch gesture occurs substantially within an area of the display of the first one of the touch-screen keyboards.

17. The media of claim 11 , wherein the software is further operable when executed to display with the second one of the keyboards an indication of a third one of the keyboards that the user can make a touch-gesture to have displayed on the touch-screen display.

18. The media of claim 11 , wherein the first one of the keyboards comprises only letters and the second one of the keyboards comprises only numbers.

19. 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:

display a first one of a plurality of touch-screen keyboards on a touch-screen display of the device;

detect a touch gesture on the touch-screen display;

determine based on the touch gesture a second one of the keyboards to display on the touch-screen display in place of the first one of the keyboards, wherein the determination is independent of a location of the touch gesture on the touch-screen display and wherein the determination is further based on an order of the plurality of touch-screen keyboards, the order being based on a frequency of usage of the plurality of touch-screen keyboards; and

display with the first one of the keyboards an indication of the second one of the keyboards.

20. The device of claim 19 , wherein the touch gesture comprises a two-finger tap.

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