Patent ID: 9557890
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: presenting, based on a selected character, in a completion interface, and at a same time, multiple character strings representing later parts of words or acronyms of which the selected character is a prior part, at least one of the multiple character strings being a multi-string having two or more character strings of the multiple character strings, the multi-string presented based on an aggregate likelihood of selection of each of the two or more characters strings in the multi-string, the multi-string having or completing a long word and at least one of the two or more character strings having or completing a short word, the short word being shorter than the long word and being a constituent part of the long word, the short word and the long word being presented at the same time and in the completion interface; enabling selection, through the completion interface and with a single, continuous gesture, to select the short word or the long word through selection of one of the multiple character strings, wherein selecting the multiple character strings for the short word would be selecting a portion of the multiple character strings for the long word; receiving selection, through the completion interface, of the short word or the long word of the one of the multiple character strings through the single, continuous gesture; and providing the selected short word or long word of the one of the multiple character strings.