US 12,014,118 B2
Multi-modal interfaces having selection disambiguation and text modification capability
Thomas R. Gruber, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Mohammed A. Tayyeb, Cupertino, CA (US); Ron C. Santos, San Jose, CA (US); and Madhusudan Chinthakunta, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/555,030.
Application 17/555,030 is a continuation of application No. 15/917,410, filed on Mar. 9, 2018, granted, now 11,231,903.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/506,571, filed on May 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107780 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/167 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0381 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01)] 48 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device having one or more processors and a touch-sensitive display:
receiving a first user input of a first input type, the first user input corresponding to a plurality of words;
displaying, on a view of the touch-sensitive display, the plurality of words of the first user input;
receiving a second user input of a second input type indicating an attempted selection of a word of the plurality of words of the first user input, the second input type different than the first input type;
determining that more than one word of the plurality of words of the first user input potentially corresponds to the attempted selection;
simultaneously displaying, on the view of the touch-sensitive display, both the plurality of words and an affordance for each word of the plurality of words of the first user input that potentially corresponds to the attempted selection, wherein each affordance includes a copy of the word of the plurality of words associated with the affordance;
receiving a selection of one of the displayed words of the first user input that potentially corresponds to the attempted selection;
designating the selected one of the displayed words as a selected word of the plurality of words;
receiving a third user input;
modifying the selected word based on the third user input to provide a modified one or more words; and
displaying, on the view of the touch-sensitive display, the modified one or more words.