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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Charlton E. Lui, Redmond, WA (US);
Charles P. Thacker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James E. Mathews, Bellevue, WA (US);
Leroy B. Keely, Portola Valley, CA (US);
David Switzer, Redmond, WA (US);
William H. Vong, Seattle, WA (US);
Butler W. Lampson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A user interface allows a user to input handwritten, key-press, and spoken text in a seamless, synchronized manner. A text input panel accepts soft keyboard presses and handwritten words, characters, and gestures. A text recognizer/synchronizer integrates textual input from various sources while recognizing and preserving the order in which a user entered text via the soft keyboard, via handwriting, and/or by speaking. Synchronized text may be displayed in a stage area of the text input panel before being passed to an operating system message router and/or an application program. While in handwriting recognition mode, various permutations and combinations of a word recognition area, a character recognition area, and a keybar/keypad may optionally be displayed.