Method and system for freeform digital ink annotation of data traces
AssigneesFuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Xerox Corporation
InventorsMORGAN N. PRICE, GENE GOLOVCHINSKY, WILLIAM N. SCHILIT
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Abstract
The method and system of the invention enables free-from digital ink annotation of data traces and storage management of the data trace based upon the free-from digital ink annotations. An embodiment of the system and method of the invention receives a freeform digital ink annotation on a data trace, maps the freeform digital ink annotation to the data corresponding to the annotated portions of the data trace and renders the freeform digital ink annotations on a display of the data trace.
Claims19
A method for annotating a data trace with freeform digital ink, the method comprising:
- displaying a data trace representing data on a display;
- receiving at least one freeform digital ink annotation on the data trace;
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- displaying the freeform digital ink annotation on the display of the data trace.
A system for annotating a data trace with freeform digital ink, the system comprising:
- a display of a data trace;
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- an input device for receiving at least one freeform digital ink annotation of the data trace, the display being responsive to the receipt of at least one freeform digital ink annotation to render the at least one freeform digital ink annotation on at least one corresponding portion of the data trace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.