Ink editing architecture

US8072433B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Andrew Silverman · Seattle, US
• Sam J. George · Kenmore, US
• Shiraz Somji · Kenmore, US
• Koji Kato · Sendai, JP
• Brigette Krantz · Redmond, US
• Alex Mogilevsky · Redmond, US
• Mark Harper · Redmond, US
• Quan To · Redmond, US
• Vladimir Smirnov · Bothell, US
• Benjamin M. Westbrook · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 2, 2008
• Grant date: Dec 6, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V30/32
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and process for capturing and rendering ink is described. An ink canvas object may contain none, one, or more objects or elements and may specify the z-order of the objects or elements. The ink canvas object may host a variety of objects or elements and, therefore, provide ink functionality to the objects or elements, even though the objects or elements themselves may not have ink functionality. The ink canvas object is attached to an ink editor that has an associated modifiable ink editor behavior, whereby ink specific behaviors are collected in the ink edit behavior.