Patent Document ID: 8413069
Application ID: 11170676

Base Claim:
1. A method for specifying a written character, comprising: receiving a selection of a first character shape; identifying a first plurality of characters containing said first character shape; displaying at least one of said first plurality of characters; receiving a selection of a subtraction mode; receiving a selection of a second character shape; and in response to said selection of a second character shape, modifying said first plurality of characters to obtain a second plurality of characters, wherein said second plurality of characters includes only characters containing said first selected shape but not said second selected shape; and displaying at least one of said second plurality of identified characters.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said identifying a first plurality of characters comprises ordering said first plurality of characters, and wherein said displaying at least one of said first plurality of identified characters includes displaying a number of said first plurality of identified characters according to said ordering.