Patent Document ID: 9864509
Application ID: 14746662

Base Claim:
1. An electronic device, comprising: one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: generating a user interface for display on a display device, wherein the user interface includes a candidate character region; while the user interface is displayed on the display device, receiving an indication of a first input that includes movement of a contact detected on a touch-sensitive surface of a device; in response to detecting the movement of the contact, identifying a first candidate character that corresponds to the movement, and updating the user interface to include the first candidate character in the candidate character region; receiving a request to delete the first candidate character; and in response to receiving the request to delete the first candidate character and prior to receiving an input to replace the first candidate character with a different candidate character from a first plurality of other candidate characters, updating the user interface by: deleting the first candidate character in the candidate character region; and displaying a first plurality of other candidate characters that correspond to the movement of the contact in place of the first candidate character.

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Claim 5:
5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein: the request to delete the first candidate character comprises a first swipe detected on the touch-sensitive surface of the device, and receiving the input to replace the first candidate character with a different candidate character from the first plurality of other candidate characters comprises receiving an indication of a second input that corresponds to selection of a respective one of the first plurality of other candidate characters; and the one or more programs further include instructions for: in response to the second input, updating the user interface to include the respective one of the first plurality of other candidate characters in the candidate character region.