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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2011
Jerome Pasquero, Kitchener, CA;
Noel John Orland Stonehouse, Waterloo, CA;
Daniel James Legg, Kitchener, CA;
Eric Philip Loney, Smith Falls, CA;
Jerome Pasquero, Kitchener, CA;
Noel John Orland Stonehouse, Waterloo, CA;
Daniel James Legg, Kitchener, CA;
Eric Philip Loney, Smith Falls, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A method of facilitating input at an electronic device includes detecting a first touch at a first touch location on a touch-sensitive device; the first touch being associated with a first character; detecting a second touch at a second touch location on the touch-sensitive surface, the second touch being associated with a second character; when movement of one of the first touch and the second touch is detected, determining a distance between the first touch location and the second touch location, the distance being associated with a number of characters of an object; identifying candidate objects in reference data that match the number of characters and include an initial character that matches the first character and a final character that matches the second character; and displaying at least one candidate object.