Patent ID: 11899904
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A text input system for inputting text to a computing device comprising:
a memory for storing receiving a plurality of text items input by a user for input into the computing device;
a processor configured to perform the following operations:
detect a designated symbol adjacent to one of the plurality of text items input by the user;
based on the detected designated symbol, trigger a commitment to the one of the plurality of text items adjacent to the detected designated symbol;

detect a backspace input by the user as a corrective action acting to correct associated text that is incorrect within the one of the plurality of text items input by the user; and
a text predictor implemented by the processor and configured to:
compute predictive text items that include the detected designated symbol;

based on the detected corrective action, automatically replace the associated text that is incorrect with a predictive text selected by the user from the predictive text items and append the detected designated symbol to the predictive text; and
in response to the corrective action taken, a composing region is updated to display the predictive text and the detected designated symbol.