# US 2024/0201803 A1 · Contextual data link mode stylus communications > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0201803 A1 - Document ID: US20240201803A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/067,078 - Filed: 2022-12-16 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-16 - Assignees: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Applicants: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Inventors: Shoham DEKEL; Assaf BAR - NESS - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240201803A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/038: Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry - G06F 3/03545: {Pens or stylus} - G06F 3/0383: {Signal control means within the pointing device} - G06F 3/04162: {for exchanging data with external devices, e.g. smart pens, via the digitiser sensing hardware} - G06F 3/04166: {Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving (Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184)} - G06F 3/0442: {using active external devices, e.g. active pens, for transmitting changes in electrical potential to be received by the digitiser} - G06F 3/046: by electromagnetic means - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F 2203/04108: Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction - G06F 2203/04807: Pen manipulated menu - H04B 5/70: specially adapted for specific purposes - H04B 7/06: at the transmitting station - H04B 7/08: at the receiving station - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting comprises: detecting, by the digitizer, that the multiple electrostatic antennas of the input device are operational. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting comprises: detecting, by the digitizer, that the multiple electrostatic antennas of the input device satisfy a predefined proximity condition relative to the digitizer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving input via a user interface of the computing device, prior to the detecting, the input triggering presentation of an instruction by the computing device corresponding to triggering the indication of the data-linkable context for the input device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting comprises: detecting, by the digitizer, that the multiple electrostatic antennas of the input device satisfy a predefined location condition within bounds of the digitizer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating comprises: 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 on transitioning from the user interface mode to the data link mode triggered by the detecting of the data-linkable context for the input device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the input device includes an electronic stylus. ### Claim 8 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; and 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. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the stylus context detector is further configured to detect, by the digitizer, that the multiple electrostatic antennas of the electronic stylus are operational. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the stylus context detector is further configured to detect, by the digitizer, that the multiple electrostatic antennas of the electronic stylus satisfy a predefined proximity condition relative to the digitizer. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, further comprising: a user interface of the computing device executable by the one or more hardware processors and configured to receive input via a user interface of the computing device, prior to the detecting, the input triggering presentation of an instruction by the computing device corresponding to triggering the indication of the data-linkable context for the electronic stylus. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the stylus context detector is further configured to detect, by the digitizer, that the multiple electrostatic antennas of the electronic stylus satisfy a predefined location condition within bounds of the digitizer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the electrostatic communication interface is further 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 on transitioning from the user interface mode to the data link mode triggered by the detecting of the data-linkable context for the electronic stylus. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the stylus context detector is further configured to detect that the electronic stylus is charging. ### Claim 15 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; and 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. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the detecting comprises: detecting, by the digitizer, that the multiple electrostatic antennas of the electronic stylus are operational. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the detecting comprises: detecting, by the digitizer, that the multiple electrostatic antennas of the electronic stylus satisfy a predefined proximity condition relative to the digitizer. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of claim 15, further comprising: receiving input via a user interface of the computing device, prior to the detecting, the input triggering presentation of an instruction by the computing device corresponding triggering the indication of the data-linkable context for the electronic stylus. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the detecting comprises: detecting, by the digitizer, that the multiple electrostatic antennas of the electronic stylus satisfy a predefined location condition within bounds of the digitizer. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The one or more tangible processor-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the communicating comprises: communicating between the electronic stylus and the digitizer in the data link mode via the multiple electrostatic antennas of the electronic stylus, based at least on transitioning from the user interface mode to the data link mode triggered by the detecting of the data-linkable context for the electronic stylus.