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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for providing text input options in a user interface to accelerate data entry and provide contextual information. One method includes an operation for detecting presence of an application in a user interface, the application configured to receive text input from a user. The method also includes providing in the user interface an input cockpit based on the detected application. The input cockpit includes at least one information panel and at least one input panel. The method further includes operations for determining a history context based on text input entered by the user for the application, and for performing a search based on the history context and presenting one or more results from the search in the at least one information panel. The method further includes an operation for providing text shortcuts in the at least one input panel based on the history context.