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Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2008
Applicants:

Deborah Eileen Goldsmith, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Leland Douglas Collins, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Elizabeth Caroline Furches, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ken Kocienda, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Deborah Eileen Goldsmith, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Leland Douglas Collins, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Elizabeth Caroline Furches, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ken Kocienda, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06K 9/00436 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for inputting text. A handwriting area is presented on a touch-sensitive display of a device. A handwritten input is received in the handwriting area. One or more candidates are identified for the handwritten input and presented. An input selecting one of the candidates is received. The selected candidate is presented as a current input in a text input area of the touch sensitive display.


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