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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2025
Applicant:

Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Carlos Andres Moran Madrigal, San Francisco, CA (US);

Shumin Zhai, Saratoga, CA (US);

Zhi Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Haicheng Sun, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/023 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/0236 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01);
Abstract

An example method includes outputting a graphical user interface including: a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of character keys, the plurality of character keys including two to eight character keys; a text-editing region; and a word-suggestion region. The method also includes detecting a first user input at a location of the presence-sensitive display associated with a particular character key from the plurality of character keys. The method further includes, responsive to detecting the first user input, determining a first character associated with the particular character key. The method additionally includes outputting the first character for display within the text-editing region and a set of suggested words for display within the word-suggestion region. The method also includes, responsive to receiving a transition input via an input device of the computing device, transitioning a focus region from a location of the text-editing region to a location of the word-suggestion region.


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