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| 20090058823 | Virtual Keyboards in Multi-Language Environment - The disclosed implementations include displays of accented or related characters for characters selected by a user through a virtual keyboard operating in a multi-language environment. In one aspect, when a user clicks and holds down a key, a popup displays accented characters for the character associated with the key. In another aspect, the order of accented characters can be based a frequency of occurrence of the accented character in the current language being typed by the user. In another aspect, when a character is at edge of a display, the popup is visually displayed in a different location and the ordering of the accents in the display are set with the more frequently occurring accents being more quickly accessible. In another aspect, auto correction is used to correct accented equivalents for compounds. In another aspect, a different visual keyboard layout is provided for different languages. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090077464 | INPUT METHODS FOR DEVICE HAVING MULTI-LANGUAGE ENVIRONMENT - Text input is corrected on a touch-sensitive display by presenting a list of candidate words in the interface which can be selected by touch input. The candidate list can include candidate words having two or more character types (e.g., Roman, kana, kanji). In one aspect, the candidate list can be scrolled using a finger gesture. When a user's finger traverses a candidate word and the touch is released, the candidate word is inserted into a document being edited. In another aspect, characters can be erased by touching a key (e.g., a backspace or delete key) and making a sliding, swiping, or other finger gesture. A number of characters proportional to a distance (e.g., a linear distance) of the finger gesture across the display are erased. If there are characters in a text input area, those characters are erased first, followed by characters in the document being edited. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090265669 | LANGUAGE INPUT INTERFACE ON A DEVICE - Methods, systems, devices, and apparatus, including computer program products, for inputting text. A user interface element is presented on a touch-sensitive display of a device. The user interface element is associated with a plurality of characters, at least a subset of which is associated with respective gestures. A user input performing a gesture with respect to the user interface element is received. The character from the subset that is associated with the gesture performed with respect to the user interface element is inputted. | 10-22-2009 |
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| 20110179380 | Event Recognition - An electronic device executes one or more software elements. Each software element is associated with a particular view, which includes one or more event recognizers. Each event recognizer has one or more event definitions based on one or more sub-events, and an event handler. The event handler is configured to send an action to a target in response to the event recognizer detecting an event corresponding to a particular event definition. The electronic device detects a sequence of sub-events, and identifies actively involved views. The electronic device delivers a respective sub-event to event recognizers for actively involved views. At least one event recognizer for actively involved views has a plurality of event definitions, one of which is selected in accordance with an internal state of the electronic device. The at least one event recognizer processes the respective sub-event in accordance with the selected event definition. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179386 | Event Recognition - A method includes displaying one or more views of a view hierarchy, and executing software elements associated with a particular view. Each particular view includes event recognizers. Each event recognizer has one or more event definitions, and an event handler that specifies an action for a target and is configured to send the action to the target in response to event recognition. The method includes detecting a sequence of sub-events, and identifying one of the views of the view hierarchy as a hit view that establishes which views are actively involved views. The method includes delivering a respective sub-event to event recognizers for each actively involved view. A respective event recognizer has event definitions, and one of the event definitions is selected based on the internal state. The respective event recognizer processes the respective sub-event prior to processing a next sub-event in the sequence of sub-events. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179387 | Event Recognition - While displaying one or more views of a first software application, an electronic device detects a sequence of touch inputs. The electronic device, in accordance with a determination that at least one gesture recognizer in the first software application recognizes a first portion of the sequence, delivers the sequence to the first software application without delivering the sequence to a second software application, and in accordance with a determination that a first gesture recognizer in the first software application recognizes the sequence, processes the sequence with the first gesture recognizer. The electronic device, in accordance with a determination that no gesture recognizer in the first software application recognizes the first portion, delivers the sequence to the second software application, and in accordance with a determination that a second gesture recognizer in the second software application recognizes the sequence, processes the sequence with the second gesture recognizer. | 07-21-2011 |
