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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2007
John Christopher Whytock, Seattle, WA (US);
Ali Moradd Vassigh, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sabrina Boler, Seattle, WA (US);
John Christopher Whytock, Seattle, WA (US);
Ali Moradd Vassigh, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sabrina Boler, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for replicating text at a virtual keyboard. Characters submitted to, displayed at, or accumulated for submission to an application data field are echoed at a keyboard data field that is in relatively close proximity to virtual keys used to enter the characters. Thus, a user does not have to alter their field of view to the application data field to determine what was submitted to the application data field, what was entered at the application data field, or what is to be submitted to the application data field. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention permit a user to much more easily see what they typed using a virtual keyboard. The need to alter a visual field of focus between an application data field and a virtual keyboard is significantly reduced, if not eliminated.