Patent ID: 8345017

Claim:
A touch sensitive display device, comprising: a touch sensitive display configured to detect a contact from a touch input gesture; a storage unit configured to store information describing a predetermined touch input gesture for executing a display of a text input box and a virtual keyboard on the touch sensitive display; a touch recognition unit configured to compare the touch input gesture detected from the touch sensitive display to the information describing the predetermined touch input gesture; and a system controller configured to control the display of the text input box and the virtual keyboard on the touch sensitive display when the touch input gesture is recognized as being substantially similar to the predetermined touch input gesture for executing the display of the text input box, the virtual keyboard being displayed along with the text input box, wherein the touch input gesture comprises a letter component and a line component for determining display attributes of the text input box and the virtual keyboard, and wherein the letter component is used for determining language setting of the virtual keyboard and the line component is used for determining size characteristic of the text input box.