Contextual data link mode stylus communications
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsShoham DEKEL, Assaf BAR - NESS
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Abstract
A computing device detects an indication of a data-linkable context for the electronic stylus and transitions communication between the digitizer of the computing device and the electronic stylus from a user interface mode to a data link mode, based at least in part on the detecting. The computing device communicates between the electronic stylus and the digitizer in the data link mode via the multiple electrostatic antennas of the electronic stylus, based at least in part on the transitioning.
Claims20
A method of managing electrostatic communications between a digitizer of a computing device and an input device including multiple electrostatic antennas, the method comprising:
- detecting an indication of a data-linkable context for the input device;
- transitioning communication between the digitizer of the computing device and the input device from a user interface mode to a data link mode, based at least in part on the detecting;
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- communicating between the input device and the digitizer in the data link mode via the multiple electrostatic antennas of the input device, based at least in part on the transitioning.
A system for managing electrostatic communications between a digitizer of a computing device and an electronic stylus including multiple electrostatic antennas, the system comprising:
- one or more hardware processors;
- a stylus context detector executable by the one or more hardware processors and configured to detect an indication of a data-linkable context for the electronic stylus;
- a mode modifier executable by the one or more hardware processors and configured to transition communication between the digitizer of the computing device and the electronic stylus from a user interface mode to a data link mode, based at least in part on the detecting;
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- an electrostatic communication interface executable by the one or more hardware processors and configured to communicate between the electronic stylus and the digitizer in the data link mode via the multiple electrostatic antennas of the electronic stylus, based at least in part on the transitioning the communication between the digitizer of the computing device and the electronic stylus from the user interface mode to the data link mode.
One or more tangible processor-readable storage media embodied with instructions for executing on one or more processors and circuits of a computing device a process for managing electrostatic communications between a digitizer of a computing device and an electronic stylus including multiple electrostatic antennas, the process comprising:
- detecting an indication of a data-linkable context for the electronic stylus using the multiple electrostatic antennas of the electronic stylus;
- transitioning communication between the digitizer of the computing device and the electronic stylus from a user interface mode to a data link mode, based at least in part on the detecting;
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- communicating between the electronic stylus and the digitizer in the data link mode via at least one of the multiple electrostatic antennas of the electronic stylus, based at least in part on the transitioning.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.