Patent ID: 9342155
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform the following: detect, from a key user interface of an electronic device, key input from a user of a particular key character from a first set of key characters, wherein the first set of characters comprises grapheme characters; and detect, from a user-scribe delineation user interface of the electronic device, user-scribed delineation input from the user of a particular delineation character from a second set of delineation characters, wherein the second set of characters comprises embellishment marks which augment or modify one or more grapheme characters of the first set of key characters; associate together the particular key character and the particular delineation character to determine a particular composite character from a third set of composite characters, wherein the third set of composite characters comprises pre-formed composite characters, each of the pre-formed composite characters stored on the memory as a single character before the detected key input and the detected delineation input; and enter the particular composite character into an entered character region for display such that the particular delineation character is displayed in a predefined positional relationship to the particular key character within the particular composite character, wherein the particular key character and the particular delineation character displayed in the predefined positional relationship to the particular key character are configured such that the particular key character and the particular delineation character displayed in the predefined positional relationship to the particular key character are independently editable by the user subsequent to display of the particular composite character.