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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Timothy S. Paek, Sammamish, WA (US);
Bongshin Lee, Issaquah, WA (US);
Asela Gunawardana, Seattle, WA (US);
Johnson Apacible, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Anoop Gupta, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described herein is a split virtual keyboard that is displayed on a tablet (slate) computing device. The split virtual keyboard includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being separated from the second portion. The first portion includes a plurality of character keys that are representative at least one respective character. The tablet computing device is configured to support text generation by way of a continuous sequence of strokes over the plurality of character keys in the first portion of the split virtual keyboard.