Patent ID: 9740399
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method executed by a mobile computing device, the method comprising: displaying a touch-sensitive input panel on a touch-sensitive display, the touch-sensitive input panel ergonomically configured to receive input by way of a thumb of a hand that is holding the mobile computing device, the touch-sensitive input panel comprises a plurality of rows of keys that are arced or slanted and angularly offset from edges of the touch-sensitive display, the touch-sensitive input panel bounded by at least two edges of the touch-sensitive display; detecting a stroke from a first key in the keys to a second key in the keys, the first key representative of a first plurality of characters and the second key representative of a second plurality of characters, a size of the first key is larger than a size of the second key, and a number of characters represented by the first key is smaller than a number of characters represented by the second key, the stroke being a continuous transition of the thumb over the touch-sensitive input panel from the first key to the second key; and outputting a sequence of characters based upon the detecting of the stroke, the sequence of characters comprising a first character in the first plurality of characters and a second character in the second plurality of characters, the first character being prior to the second character and adjacent to the second character in the sequence of characters.