Patent ID: 11861297
Assignee: I.Q. JOE, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A computing device having an interface with alternative input location highlighting, the device comprising:
at least one display configured to display user input;
a memory unit configured to store at least a currently selected input state comprising at least an input location affecting where subsequently entered input will appear;
an input device configured to allow a user to enter input, and configured to enable a user to execute one or more available commands;
at least one non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions;
at least one processor in communication with the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium and configured to execute the instructions to cause the system to:
in certain circumstances, in response to at least one of the one or more available commands, cause the entry of input at a location that is not the input location of the currently selected input state;
in circumstances where the user's next action could be a command that would cause the entry of input at a location that is not the input location of the currently selected input state, visually highlight that location that is not the input location of the currently selected input state.