Patent ID: 9329711
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An information processing method for a touch screen device, the method comprising: associating, by a processor, one or more keyboard keys of a virtual keyboard with a user-finger; in response to contact of the user-finger with a touch screen of the touch screen device, irrespective of a location at which the user-finger contacts the touch screen, identifying the user-finger contacting the touch screen, wherein the user-finger is identified as being one of: left hand thumb, left hand index finger, left hand middle finger, left hand ring finger, left hand little finger, right hand thumb, right hand index finger, right hand middle finger, right hand ring finger, and right hand little finger; determining key(s) corresponding to the identified user-finger based the association between the user-finger and the key(s); and displaying at least one character represented by the key(s) corresponding to the user-finger, irrespective of the location at which the user-finger contacts the touch screen, without displaying a key corresponding to said at least one character on the touch screen.