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Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Yan Bin Fu, Ningbo, CN;

Qingjun Gao, Beijing, CN;

Shuangyin Liu, Beijing, CN;

Yi Wu, Ningbo, CN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/023 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/0236 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, method and program product for implementing a simplified touch screen interface for collecting character data. a device is disclosed having a touch screen interface, wherein the touch screen interface includes: a primary view that displays rotating character sets, wherein each one of the character sets sequentially rotates into an active position, and wherein a character set in the active position is selectable in response to a first touch to a uniform input region; a secondary view that displays rotating characters, wherein each one of the rotating characters sequentially rotates into the active position, and wherein a character in the active position is selectable in response to a second touch to the uniform input region; and wherein the rotating characters displayed in the secondary view are determined based on the character set selected in the primary view.


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