US 11,698,685 B2
Character string input system
Masanori Nomura, Tokyo (JP); Tomohiro Ogawa, Kanagawa (JP); Satoru Matsuda, Tokyo (JP); Takenori Oshima, Tokyo (JP); and Junichi Naoi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/775,695.
Application 16/775,695 is a division of application No. 16/165,179, filed on Oct. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,613,641.
Application 16/165,179 is a division of application No. 14/766,584, granted, now 10,162,426, issued on Dec. 25, 2018, previously published as PCT/JP2014/053346, filed on Feb. 13, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. 2013-031469 (JP), filed on Feb. 20, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0167007 A1, May 28, 2020
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 40/10 (2020.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06F 40/274 (2020.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0227 (2013.01) [G06F 3/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 40/10 (2020.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06F 40/274 (2020.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A character string input apparatus comprising:
an operation acquisition block configured to acquire an operation done on an input device coupled to an information processing apparatus;
a character string acquisition block configured to acquire an additional character string from the input device on a basis of the acquired operation,
wherein the additional character string is automatically retrieved and displayed by the character string input apparatus and on a display of the input device; and
a transmission block configured to transmit a signal automatically to the information processing apparatus when input of a character string is started by use of the input device,
wherein the signal is transmitted from the input device to the information processing apparatus for disabling entry of character strings from any other devices coupled to the information processing apparatus until a specific input is provided by a user on the input device to indicate that entry of character strings is terminated on the input device,
wherein the specific input allows for entry of character strings on another device coupled to the character string input apparatus,
wherein the additional character string is entered using a virtual keyboard on the mobile device, and
wherein the specific input is closure of the virtual keyboard on the mobile device by the user.