{
  "patent_number": "US 8074172",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Smartphones Suggest and Correct Words While You Type",
  "original_title": "Method, system, and graphical user interface for providing word recommendations",
  "summary": "Apple's patent on a system that displays word suggestions above a touchscreen keyboard, allowing users to accept or reject them with simple taps or keystrokes.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a method for managing text input on a touchscreen device. As a user types in one area of the screen, the device displays a suggested correction or completion in a separate area located between the text field and the keyboard. The system allows the user to accept the suggestion by tapping it or pressing a delimiter key like the space bar. Conversely, the user can reject the suggestion and keep their original text by tapping the original word in that same suggestion area. This creates a fluid interaction loop that balances speed with user control.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover predictive text systems that automatically replace words without a user-initiated gesture or delimiter key.",
    "Does not cover text correction systems that operate entirely in the background without a dedicated suggestion display area.",
    "Does not cover voice-to-text input methods.",
    "Does not cover hardware-based predictive text systems that lack a touchscreen interface."
  ],
  "filed": "2007-01-05",
  "granted": "2011-12-06",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Apple Inc",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/apple-inc",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Bas Ording",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/bas-ording"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kenneth Kocienda",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/kenneth-kocienda"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 58,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software"
  ],
  "abstract": "One aspect of the invention involves a method that includes: in a first area of the touch screen, displaying a current character string being input by a user with the keyboard; in a second area of the touch screen, displaying the current character string or a portion thereof and a suggested replacement for the current character string; replacing the current character string in the first area with the suggested replacement if the user activates a delimiter key on the keyboard; replacing the current character string in the first area with the suggested replacement if the user performs a first gesture on the suggested replacement displayed in the second area; and keeping the current character string in the first area if the user performs a second gesture on the current character string or the portion thereof displayed in the second area.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8074172/ios-springboard-home-screen",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8074172/ios-springboard-home-screen/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US8074172",
  "relatedPatents": []
}