US 2003/0215142 A1 · Entry and editing of electronic ink

Abstract

A control and its associated programming interface for allowing entry of electronic ink, editing and other manipulation of the ink, and/or recognition of the ink. Ink may be stored in a data structure such as an ink object that permits later retrieval by applications. As is the case with text that may be bolded, underlined, italicized, and the like, the describe control and its programming interface may permit ink information to be manipulated as easily as text, while providing the richness of handwritten ink.

Claims23

Dependent claims

In a control, a method for manipulating ink, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving data;
interpreting the data as ink;
associating the ink with at least one property;
and
storing the ink with the at least one property as an ink object.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/183,990Filed 28 Jun 2002

Priority

14 May 2002

Published

20 Nov 2003

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

G06F 3/04883
Using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
G06F 3/0481
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a…
G06F 40/171
Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting: by use of digital ink
G06V 30/1423
Using hand-held instruments; Constructional details of the instruments: the instrument generating sequences of position coordinates corresponding…

Entry and editing of electronic ink

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Abstract

Claims23