Patent Document ID: 8988377
Application ID: 13674803

Base Claim:
1. A method of searching implemented at a user device, the method comprising: receiving a written input from a user via a touch screen of the user device; without user initiation of a temporary character recognition mode specifically to receive said written input, analysing the written input using character recognition; responsive to the character recognition recognizing at least one character in said received written input, invoking a search mode; in said search mode: displaying one or more search results which at least partially match the at least one recognized character; and displaying feedback of the written input received from the user overlaid on the displayed search results, the displayed feedback gradually fading over time; and receiving a user selection of one of the displayed search results.

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Claim 19:
19. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving a second written input from the user via a touch screen of the user device; displaying revised search results which at least partially match characters recognized from the written input and the second written input; and displaying feedback of the written input and the second written input received from the user overlaid on the displayed revised search results, the displayed feedback of the written input and the second written input gradually fading over time.