Patent Document ID: 8976115
Application ID: 11871651

Base Claim:
1. A text entry system, comprising: a direction selector to individually point in a direction of letters to collectively form an intended linguistic object, where each letter comprises a linguistic object subcomponent; a collection of linguistic objects; an output device with a text display area; a processor, comprising: a difference calculation module configured to output, for each act of pointing, various letters based upon factors including at least the difference between an actual direction indicated by the directional selector and pre-assigned directions of said letters; an object search engine responsive to a sequence of pointing acts to identify linguistic objects from said collection of linguistic objects, where each identified linguistic object comprises a different combination of one letter output by the difference calculation module for each act of pointing in the sequence; and a selection component to facilitate user selection of a desired linguistic object from said identified linguistic objects.

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Claim 8:
8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a means for precisely selecting said letters of said linguistic object wherein said means for precisely selecting detects, during an act of pointing, the amount that a direction of a selector is above a threshold distance, degree of tilt, or period of time.