While many non - imminentApple patentscan adjoin into the realm of aspiring thinking , this one is pretty achievable : useful little gesturesfor the iPhone , which are received over the phone’sonscreen keyboard .
allot to the patent diligence , simple input signal commands like delete and space would be master with simple back and forward - swipe motions . While remapping something that is already readily available through a screen key is of minor value , this technique could also be used to introduce whole novel functions , and augment the iPhone ’s jolly hitch textual matter handling .
To this end , the letters patent describes customizable role , which could result to multitouch gesture that trigger the cut of entire words , trade of keyboards , or prompt stimulus of specific characters . While many user would never take to a motion system like this , it would n’t get in anyone ’s room and could be silently slotted into the next firmware update without much effort or controversy , bring home the bacon a nice little feature - add for iPhone andiPod Touchusers . [ MacRumors ]
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