Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Htc Corporation

Shawna Julie Davis

Adrian James Garside

Michael James Hone

Jeffrey West Pettiross

Ryan T Bickel

Tobiasz Alexander Zielinski

Tirthankar Sengupta

Leroy B Keely

Timothy S Paek

Eric Norman Badger

Itai Almog

Drew Elliott Linerud

Parthasarathy Sundararajan

Ernest L Pennington, Ii

Kenneth R Walters

Andrew Douglas Peterson

Robert J Jarrett

Joseph Spencer King

Peter Gregory Davis

Richard Jennings Duncan

F David Jones

Naud Frijlink

Emily K Rimas-Ribikauskas

Gregory Alan Howard

Takanobu Murayama

Benjamin Franklin Carter

Priyanka Singhal

Christer Garbis

Ian Hunter Todd

Yili Aiwazian

Chia-Yuan Chang

Bodin Dresevic

Marieke Watson Iwema

Chih-Wei Yang

Eric B Fox

Peter G Chin

Zoltan C Szilagyi

Tracy Dianne Schultz

Tetsuo Seto

Jeffrey Cheng-Yao Fong

Joshua Clow

David B Perry

Sriram Viji

Judy C Tandog

Shih-Pin Lin

Thomas Russo

Guy Barker

Chia-Hung Kao

Kuang-Ting Chuang

Apparatus and methods are disclosed for providing feedback and guidance to touch screen device users to improve the text entry user experience and performance. According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a text entry, receiving input on a touch screen in the form of a first single touch input located over a word of previously entered text, and presenting the user with one or more suggestion candidates indicated possible replacement words related to the selected word. The user can then select one of the suggestion candidates using a second single touch input to replace the selected word with a word associated with the selected suggestion candidate.

Typing assistance for editing

Embodiments provide integrated reply functionality within the context of a contact card or panel. Contact information is provided for display in the contact card (e.g., a portion of a user interface of a computing device). The contact information is associated with a contact. The contact information identifies one or more transport modes for communication with the contact. In some embodiments, the computing device receives a request from a user to communicate with the contact via at least one selected transport mode. Based on the received request, the computing device provides an input field within the contact card. In other embodiments, the transport mode is automatically selected and the input field is displayed. Data from the user is received into the input field for communication to the contact. The computing device sends the data received into the input field to the contact via the selected transport mode. The integrated reply functionality is accessible from a conversation history displayed in the contact card.

Integrated contact card communication

A panel displaying method for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display module and has a plurality of first icons corresponding to a plurality of objects. The panel displaying method includes: determining an environment of the electronic device; automatically choosing an operation mode based on the environment of the electronic device. The operation mode is displayed in a widget area of a first panel and includes at least one widget icon. A portion of the first icons is chosen and updated as the widget icon based on numbers of clicks of the first icons in the chosen operation mode. Moreover, a portable electronic device and a recording medium using the method are also provided.

Panel displaying method, portable electronic device and recording medium using the method

A pointer tool in a touch-screen display is disclosed. The method includes activating a pointer tool in a touch screen display in response to contact with an area of the touch screen and persisting the displaying of the pointer tool in the touch screen display after the contact with the touch screen is removed. Once editing data is received, the pointer tool is removed from the touch screen display.

Pointer tool with touch-enabled precise placement

The described embodiments allow for the selection of content in a touch screen display. The method includes detecting a single tap on a word of text in a text editing field in a touch screen, and responsive to the single tap selecting the word of text in whole. In another embodiment additional content can be selected. Contact with selected content displayed in a touch screen can be detected. The contact with the touch screen can be detected moving in a direction along the selected content. Additional content is selected by selecting a word of text adjacent to the selected content being contacted.

Easy word selection and selection ahead of finger

Display screen with graphical user interface

A system and method for training a user to perform a flick gesture is described. A flick gesture is a simple gesture that may be easily detected and is characterized by minimal interference with other applications or gestures.

Gesture training

An interface is provided between a handwriting receiving panel and an auto complete process. A user writes onto the handwriting receiving panel which recognizes the handwritten text. The handwritten text is forwarded to the auto complete process which provides suggested content to the user based on the handwritten text. The user can select the suggested content for use with another application. Alternatively, the user may add additional information to the handwriting receiving panel to enable the auto complete process to provide more or different suggested content.

Auto-suggest lists and handwritten input

Display screen with user interface

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Shawna Julie Davis