Patent application EP17173810A (EP), filed 2017-05-31
Publication number: EP3255528A1
Title: HANDWRITING KEYBOARD FOR SCREENS
Abstract: [0001]    The present disclosure generally relates to handwriting on touch sensitive surfaces. In some examples, text suggestions strokes entered on a touch sensitive surface are viewed and selected in response to a rotatable input mechanism. In some examples, text determined from a set of strokes on the touch sensitive surface is revised based on a subsequently entered stroke on the touch sensitive surface. In some examples, a determination is made whether to include a stroke i n a set of strokes based a ti me between the stroke and the previous stroke. In some examples, determi ni ng text based on a set of stroke is interrupted to determined revised text based on the set of strokes and a second stroke.
IPC codes: G06F  17/    27            A I
G06F   3/   023            A I
G06F   3/  0488            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A method, comprising:
number: 2
text: The method of claim 1 further comprising;
in response to determining the one or more suggestions, displaying an indication that the one or more suggestions are available.
number: 3
text: The method of claim 1 or 2 further comprising:
number: 4
text: The method of any one of claim 1 or claim 2:
number: 5
text: The method of any one of claims 1 - 4, wherein the display of the one or more suggestions includes the first text and one or more capital ized suggestions above the first text and one or more lower case suggestions below the first text.
number: 6
text: The method of any one of claims 1 - 5, wherein the one or more suggestions include an auto-complete suggestion or an auto-correct suggestion.
number: 7
text: The method of any one of claims 1 - 6, wherein the one or more suggestions include an emoji identified based on the first text.
number: 8
text: The method of any one of claims 1 - 7, wherein the one or more suggestions are determined using an n-gram model.
number: 9
text: The method of any one of claims 1 - 8:
number: 10
text: The method of any one of claims 1 - 9 further comprising:
number: 11
text: The method of any one or claims 1 - 10 further comprising:
number: 12
text: The method of any one of claims 1 - 11, wherein the first text includes multiple characters.
number: 13
text: The method of any one of claims 1 - 11, wherein the first text is a single character.
number: 14
text: The method of any one of claims 1 - 13 further comprising:
number: 15
text: The method of any one of claims 1-10, 12, or 13, wherein the first set of strokes is a single continuous stroke.
number: 16
text: The method of any one of claims 1 - 14, wherein the first set of strokes includes a plurality of discrete strokes.
number: 17
text: The method of any one of claims 1 - 16, wherein the user input interface includes a plurality of affordances, including an affordance corresponding to audio input, the method further comprising:
number: 18
text: The method of any one of claims 1 - 17 further comprising:
number: 19
text: The method of any one of claims 1 - 18 further comprising:
number: 20
text: A computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a portable device with a touch sensitive surface, a display, and a rotatable input mechanism, the one or more programs including instructions for performing the method of any of claims 1 - 19.
number: 21
text: An electronic device, comprising:
Office action: search_report, dated 2017-12-13
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Final disposition: pending (2017-12-13)