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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2012
Applicants:

Jason Tyler Griffin, Kitchener, CA;

Jerome Pasquero, Kitchener, CA;

Donald Somerset Mckenzie, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Jason Tyler Griffin, Kitchener, CA;

Jerome Pasquero, Kitchener, CA;

Donald Somerset Mckenzie, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/023 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0237 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, including receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard displayed on a display; generating at least two sets of predicted input characters based on the input character; displaying at least two of the generated sets of predicted input characters at an input field, wherein each displayed set is displayed at a position in a defined arrangement; and selecting one of the displayed sets of predicted input characters in accordance with a gesture received at a partition of the virtual keyboard is disclosed. An electronic device and a non-transitory computer-readable medium to perform the method are also disclosed.


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