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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Deborah Eileen Goldsmith, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Chia-Chi Chou, Saratoga, CA (US);
Maria Celia Vigil, Los Altos, CA (US);
Leland Douglas Collins, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/018 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 17/2223 (2013.01); G06F 17/276 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, devices, and apparatus, including computer program products, for identifying candidates for text entry. One or more inputs entering one or more characters are received. One or more first candidate characters are identified and presented for the inputs using a first dictionary. One or more second candidate characters related to a respective first candidate character are identified and presented.