US Patent:
20200356248, Nov 12, 2020
Inventors:
- Cupertino CA, US
Christopher P. Willmore - Santa Clara CA, US
James Magahern - San Francisco CA, US
Justin S. Hogg - San Francisco CA, US
Karl K. Hong - Fremont CA, US
Matan Stauber - San Francisco CA, US
Lee S. Broughton - Santa Cruz CA, US
Julian K. Missig - Burlingame CA, US
International Classification:
G06F 3/0488
G06F 3/0484
Abstract:
Systems and methods for responding to continuous-path gestures are disclosed. An example method includes: displaying a plurality of keys on a touch-sensitive keyboard; and in response to a continuous-path gesture on the touch-sensitive keyboard in which a contact associated with the continuous-path gesture travels over two or more of the plurality of keys: begin displaying a punctuation symbol key on the touch-sensitive keyboard; and displaying one or more characters based on keys contacted by the contact during the continuous-path gesture.