Google Inc.

Marc Layne Hemeon

Josh Sassoon

Jason Carlin

Rebecca Bortman

Aaron Joseph Wheeler

Matias Cudich

Allan Mills

Luke Bayes

Tyler Wesley Breisch

Rebecca Park

Allan Stephan Mills

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Systems and methods for facilitating character input using a graphical input display having a carousel of characters are provided. In an aspect, a system includes an interface component configured to generate a carousel graphical input display, the carousel graphical input display comprising a plurality of characters arranged in a fixed line, wherein a cursor is configured to move over the characters about the line and the cursor shifts from a first end of the line to a second end of the line in response to reaching either the first end of the line or the second end of the line. The system further includes an input component configured to receive a command to move the cursor over the characters to focus on respective ones of the characters.

Graphical input display having a carousel of characters to facilitate character input

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Marc Layne Hemeon