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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2011
Applicants:

David Kay, Seattle, WA (US);

Pim Van Meurs, Kenmore, WA (US);

Erland Unruh, Seattle, WA (US);

Santosh Sharan, Acton, MA (US);

Gordon Kessler, Mount Kisco, NY (US);

Mayank Agarwal, Ashland, MA (US);

Greg Sigel, Kentfield, CA (US);

Inventors:

David Kay, Seattle, WA (US);

Pim van Meurs, Kenmore, WA (US);

Erland Unruh, Seattle, WA (US);

Santosh Sharan, Acton, MA (US);

Gordon Kessler, Mount Kisco, NY (US);

Mayank Agarwal, Ashland, MA (US);

Greg Sigel, Kentfield, CA (US);

Assignee:

Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 17/2735 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0381 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for entering text from a user includes a programmed processor that receives inputs from the user and disambiguates the inputs to present word choices corresponding to the text. In one embodiment, inputs are received in two or more modalities and are analyzed to present the word choices. In another embodiment, a keyboard is divided into zones each of which represents two more input characters. A sequence of zones selected by the user is analyzed to present word choices corresponding to the zone selected.


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