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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric Norman Badger, Redmond, WA (US);
Drew Elliott Linerud, Duvall, WA (US);
Itai Almog, Redmond, WA (US);
Timothy S. Paek, Sammamish, WA (US);
Parthasarathy Sundararajan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dmytro Rudchenko, Bellevue, WA (US);
Asela J. Gunawardana, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing feedback and guidance to touch screen device users to improve text entry user experience and performance by generating input history data including character probabilities, word probabilities, and touch models. According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving first input data, automatically learning user tendencies based on the first input data to generate input history data, receiving second input data, and generating auto-corrections or suggestion candidates for one or more words of the second input data based on the input history data. The user can then select one of the suggestion candidates to replace a selected word with the selected suggestion candidate.