Google Invents an Original Search Gesture for Future Devices - Patently Apple
Google has invented an original search based gesture for future Android devices. In some cases, the new “continuous gestures” will allow a user to simply and quickly draw a circle around what they want to search for in the form of the letter “g” or in the combination of “g + o” as noted in our cover graphic above. When the user lifts their finger from the display, the search is automatically initiated. If a user wishes to use another search engine such as Yahoo or Wikipedia, they simply use a different continuous gesture in the form of the letter “S.” This will trigger a pop-up menu with search engine options such as Wikipedia, Yahoo or others. Being that it’s a new gesture concept, Google has gone to extraordinary lengths to explain this concept to both users and realistically, the USPTO examiners, to ensure that they nail this gesture as their own going forward. Our report tries to accommodate Google’s presentation, and if you’re not the reading type, then pretend that’s it’s a Playboy article and only look at the pictures.
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