I was curious about that, too, especially since the article so eloquently put it: "for whatever reason". It linked to the patent[0], and it struck me that in t

I was curious about that, too, especially since the article so eloquently put it: "for whatever reason". It linked to the patent[0], and it struck me that in the abstract, it ends with: "The present invention then generates a list of possible words associated with the entered part and presents it to user for selection." That's kind of a... specific... outcome of the swiping and I'm surprised that's in there. As I understand it, people get all up and arms about ridiculous patent titles, but it's the full abstract that determines what it exactly covers, and if you deviate just a bit, the patent doesn't apply. In the case of the Google keyboard I use, when I finish swiping it doesn't "present a list of possible words for selection" - it just chooses the "best" one. There is a list elsewhere of alternatives, but I wonder if that's just different enough of a UX that the patent doesn't apply. [0] https://patents.google.com/patent/US7098896 https://patents.google.com/patent/US7098896