Auto-suggest lists and handwritten input

A computing system that displays an auto complete list comprising:

• a first user interface that receives text;
• a second user interface that receives handwritten ink via a user entering information in a handwriting receiving panel in a form of electronic ink created by interaction of a finger and a digitizer, the electronic ink is a sequence or a set of strokes with properties, the handwriting receiving panel attempts to recognize the handwritten input and forwards recognition results of the handwritten input to an auto-complete provider as text;
• a third user interface having the auto-complete provider that provides an auto-suggest list comprising a list of suggested completions based on said recognized text, wherein the auto-suggest list varies by application, such that the auto-suggest list updates after each character of the text is recognized or after a segment of the text is recognized, the auto-suggest list updates after a subsequent character or subsequent segment of text is recognized, said third user interface receiving a user selection of said auto-suggest list and said user selection being forwarded to said first user interface, wherein a user adds additional information to the user selection and has newly recognized information forwarded to the auto-complete provider.

A computer system for receiving user input comprising:

• means for receiving handwritten input via a user entering information in a handwriting receiving panel in the form of electronic ink created by interaction of a finger and a digitizer, the electronic ink is a sequence or a set of strokes with properties, the handwriting receiving panel attempts to recognize the handwritten input and forward recognition results of the handwritten input to an auto-complete provider as recognized text;
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• means for integrating said handwritten input via the auto-complete provider that provides an auto-suggest list comprising a list of suggested completions based on said recognized text, wherein the auto-suggest list varies by application, such that the auto-suggest list updates after each character of a text is recognized or after a segment of the text is recognized, the auto-suggest list updates after a subsequent character or subsequent segment of text is recognized, and wherein a user adds additional information to a user selection and has newly recognized information forwarded to the auto-complete provider.