Patent ID: 8514178
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for inputting a character string in a terminal, the method comprising: receiving a gesture input generated by a touch and drag motion on a keypad; identifying a character string corresponding to the gesture input by comparing a shape of the gesture input with a plurality of shapes of gestures associated with a plurality of corresponding character strings and based on each character on the keypad touched by the gesture input, wherein the plurality of shapes of gestures and the plurality of character strings are stored in a memory; displaying the character string on a display unit; displaying a connecting line corresponding to a shape of the gesture input and including said each character on the keypad; modifying the gesture input into a modified gesture input in response to dragging of a key on the keypad which is not on the connecting line to the connecting line; and displaying another character string corresponding to the modified gesture input, wherein a character corresponding to the key is inserted between two characters corresponding to two keys on the connecting line to generate said another character string when the key is dragged between the two keys on the keypad.