Patent Document ID: 8640026
Application ID: 13180259

Base Claim:
1. A computer program product, comprising: a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to store a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program, when executed by a processor within a computer, causes the computer to perform operations for word correction in a multi-touch device, the operations comprising: detecting a selection by a user of a word displayed in a user interface of the multi-touch device; breaking the word into logical segments, wherein at least one of the logical segments comprises a plurality of characters; presenting the logical segments in the user interface; detecting a user-selected segment of one of the logical segments; displaying at least one alternative segment for the user-selected segment in the user interface; and altering the selected segment in response to receiving a user-selected replacement from the at least one alternative segment.

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Claim 7:
7. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the computer readable program, when executed on the computer, causes the computer to perform additional operations, comprising: breaking at least one logical segment comprising a plurality of characters into smaller logical segments in response to a user input to the multi-touch device, wherein the user input comprises maintained contact on the word on the multi-touch device for an amount of time that exceeds a predetermined time threshold.