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

Claim 0:
1. A computing device having an interface with retroactive input state alteration, 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 contextual information affecting subsequently entered input;
an input device configured to allow a user to enter input, and configured to allow a user to select a desired input state;
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 response to an entry of a portion of input, identify one or more alternative input states for that portion of input such that each alternative input state comprises an input state that, had it been selected when the portion of input was entered, would have yielded results that the user might have preferred over the results that actually obtained;
upon identifying one or more alternative input states for a portion of input, store in memory information associating the one or more alternative input states with the portion of input; and
in response to a triggering user action, perform a retroactive alteration of a previously entered portion of input such that the previously entered portion of input becomes as though it had been entered while an associated alternative input state had been in effect.