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US 2017/0364247 A1Published application
Drawing integration into e-mail system
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsJason Andrew Cook, Lin Zhong, Shahil Soni
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Abstract
An electronic mail (email) system detects initiation of drawing functionality. A drawing file is then generated on a separate, selected device and uploaded to the e-mail system. The drawing file represents a drawing that is integrated into an electronic mail message, in-line with other message content, in the e-mail system.
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A computing system, comprising:
- an electronic mail (email) system that generates a user interface display with a compose pane for entering message content in an email message;
- drawing integration logic that that communicates with a drawing system and receives a user-generated drawing file from the drawing system;
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- message integration logic that integrates an interactive drawing display, based on the drawing file, into the email message on the compose pane, in-line with the message content.
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A computer implemented method, comprising:
- generating a user interface display, in an electronic mail system, with a compose pane for entering message content in an email message;
- receiving a user-generated drawing file from a drawing system;
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- integrating an interactive drawing display, based on the drawing file, into the email message on the compose pane, in-line with the message content.
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A computing system, comprising:
- an electronic mail (email) system that generates a user interface display with a compose pane for entering message content in an email message;
- an external device selector that generates a user input mechanism that is actuated by the user to select an external device on which the user will generate a drawing file;
- synchronization logic that communicates with the external device to receive the drawing file from the external device;
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- message integration logic that integrates an interactive drawing display, based on the drawing file, into the email message on the compose pane, in-line with the message content.
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