Patent Document ID: 8739055
Application ID: 12437391

Base Claim:
1. A method of correcting typographical errors displayed on a touch-sensitive display of a portable computing device, the method comprising: identifying a typographical error within text displayed on the display, the typographical error comprising an error within a word displayed on the display; upon identifying the typographical error, highlighting on the display the typographical error; detecting a gesture-based touch input selecting a cursor key from a virtual keyboard displayed on the display and displaying a cursor in response to the gesture-based touch input; detecting a change in a location of the gesture-based touch input, and in response, moving a location of an image of the cursor displayed on the display in correspondence with the gesture-based touch input; detecting a release of the gesture-based touch input; if the release of the gesture-based touch input is detected within a predefined region associated with a location of the typographical error, displaying on the display the cursor next to the typographical error; and responsive to the cursor being displayed next to the typographical error, replacing the typographical error with replacement text input from the virtual keyboard.

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Claim 10:
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the cursor key further comprises selecting a traditional key from the virtual keyboard.