Patent ID: 9658769
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for a virtual touch screen keyboard, comprising: determining, by a mobile device, a first portion of a virtual touch screen keyboard comprising a first plurality of letters and a second portion of the virtual touch screen keyboard comprising a second plurality of letters, wherein each letter of the second plurality of letters is not in the first plurality of letters; waiting for a movement of a mobile device; upon the movement of the mobile device, receiving, from a sensor of the mobile device, a measurement representing a current position of the mobile device; determining whether an absolute value of the received measurement is greater than a pre-defined value; determining whether a value of the received measurement is positive; if the value of the received measurement is not positive, displaying, in response to a determination that the absolute value of the received measurement is greater than the pre-defined value and in response to a determination that the value of the received measurement is not positive, the first portion of the virtual touch screen keyboard to allow a user to input characters from the first portion of the virtual touch screen keyboard and not the second portion of the virtual touch screen keyboard, wherein the area of each letter of the first plurality of letters is larger than the area of a letter for a conventional touch screen keyboard displaying an entire keyboard; and if the value of the received measurement is positive, displaying, in response to a determination that the absolute value of the received measurement is greater than the pre-defined value and in response to a determination that the value of the received measurement is positive, the second portion of the virtual touch screen keyboard to allow a user to input characters from the second portion of the virtual touch screen keyboard and not the first portion of the virtual touch screen keyboard, wherein the area of each letter of the second plurality of letters is larger than the area of a letter for a conventional touch screen keyboard displaying an entire keyboard, wherein the first portion of the virtual touch screen keyboard and the second portion of the virtual touch screen keyboard are determined prior to receipt of the measurement.