Annotating Digital Files Of A Host Computer Using A Peripheral Device
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsJohn W. Barrus, Kurt W. Piersol, Ken F. Gudan
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, at a tablet computer that is coupled to a host computer, image data representing a selected portion of an electronic document; the tablet computer displaying the same image data on a stroke-sensitive display of the tablet computer; the tablet computer receiving user input from the stroke-sensitive display and representing handwritten strokes; the tablet computer storing, in a memory of the tablet computer, a data file based at least upon the user input and the image data; transmitting the stroke data from the tablet display unit to the coupled host computer where the stroke data appears on the original image data.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, at a tablet computer that is coupled to a host computer, image data representing a selected portion of an electronic document;
- the tablet computer displaying the same image data on a stroke-sensitive display of the tablet computer;
- the tablet computer receiving user input from the stroke-sensitive display and representing handwritten strokes;
- the tablet computer storing, in a memory of the tablet computer, a data file based at least upon the user input and the image data.
A data processing system, comprising:
- a central processing unit;
- a stroke-sensitive display coupled to the central processing unit;
- a host computer interface coupled to the central processing unit and configured to couple to a host computer;
- logic coupled to the central processing unit for execution by the central processing unit and configured to cause the central processing unit to perform:
- receiving, while coupled to a host computer, image data representing a selected portion of an electronic document;
- the system displaying the same image data on the stroke-sensitive display;
- the system receiving user input from the stroke-sensitive display and representing handwritten strokes;
- the system storing, in the memory, a data file based at least upon the user input and the image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.