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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
John T. Kim, La Canada, CA (US);
Robert Wai-chi Chu, Oakland, CA (US);
Steven Ka Cheung Moy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Laurent an Minh Nguyen, Los Altos, CA (US);
John T. Kim, La Canada, CA (US);
Robert Wai-Chi Chu, Oakland, CA (US);
Steven Ka Cheung Moy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Laurent An Minh Nguyen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for specifying textual input for a computing device using a multi-directional input device. Each character of a textual group is associated with a different angle. Each character of the textual group is displayed on a display screen at the associated angle. A swipe angle of a directional swipe received at a multi-directional pointing device is determined. The associated angle closest to the swipe angle is identified. The character of the textual group corresponding to the identified angle on the display screen is highlighted.