Patent ID: 8887084

Claim:
A text input method comprising: displaying, in response to a user applying contact pressure on a word input bar of a web browser or a website that is displayed on a touch screen, a text input window comprising a complete button on a position of the touch screen that is beyond the word input bar; inputting, in response to the user inputting text into the text input window, corresponding text into the word input bar; and generating, in response to the user selecting the complete button, an operation signal so that a search engine associated with the word input bar is operated using the text that is input into the word input bar as a search data, wherein the complete button comprises a general search button and an extensive search button; an area of the text input window is on a position of the touch screen that is beyond the word input bar and is configured to input corresponding text into the word input bar in response to the user inputting text via touch input at any location within the area; the generating the operation signal comprises operating, in response to the general search button being selected, the search engine designated as default, and displaying, in response to the extensive search button being selected, a field selection window equipped with one or more field selection buttons, displaying, in response to one of the field selection buttons being selected, the website selection window equipped with one or more website selection buttons, and operating, in response to one of the website selection buttons being selected, another search engine corresponding to the selected website selection button, the field selection window and the website selection window are displayed inside the area of the text input window, and the website selection window is displayed inside the area of the text input window in response to the display of the field selection window being finished.