Patent ID: 9652448
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An input method for an electronic device having a touch-sensitive display and a processor, the method comprising: displaying in a display area of the touch-sensitive display a virtual keyboard; displaying within the virtual keyboard a plurality of keys, each of at least some of the keys corresponding to one or more different characters of a plurality of characters; detecting a selection of one or more of the keys; generating a plurality of words based on the one or more characters corresponding to the selected keys; displaying the plurality of words within or substantially within the virtual keyboard, wherein the displayed plurality of words are displayed directly above or overlapping keys corresponding to subsequent candidate input characters of the plurality of words, and the displayed plurality of words are displayed without overlapping displayed characters on the keys corresponding to subsequent candidate input characters of the plurality of words; detecting an erase gesture associated with one of the displayed plurality of words at or near the one of the displayed plurality of words; in response to the erase gesture: during subsequent selections of the one or more keys, omitting display of the one of the plurality of words while displaying remaining words in the plurality of words.