Extended keyboard user interface
US8327282B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0489
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The subject matter of this document can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes displaying, on a user interface of a computing device, a base portion of a keyboard. The method further includes receiving, on the user interface, a user input that includes initiating a contact at a first region of the user interface that is associated with the base portion of the keyboard, moving the contact, while maintaining connection with the user interface, to a second region of the user interface that is outside the first region and that is associated with an extended portion of the keyboard, and releasing the contact at a location within the second region. The method further includes activating a selection in the extended portion of the keyboard based on the location within the second region at which the contact is released.
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