Overlaying electronic ink

US8166388B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Alexander G. Gounares · Kirkland, US
• Steve Dodge · Sammamish, US
• Tobiasz Zielinski · Redmond, US
• Arin J. Goldberg · Woodinville, US
• Eugene A. Tsimberg · Bellevue, US
• Todd A. Torset · Woodinville, US
• Robert Chambers · Issaquah, US
• Timothy H. Kannapel · Bellevue, US
• Rudolph Balaz · Redmond, US
• Subha Bhattacharyay · Bellevue, US
• Manoj K. Biswas · Bellevue, US
• Bodin Dresevic · Bellevue, US
• Stephen Fisher · Kenmore, US
• Brigette Krantz · Redmond, US
• Shiraz Somji · Kenmore, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 24, 2012
• Expiry date: Sep 25, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2203/04804
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Overlaying electronic ink over a document. A typical scenario may be where one it would be useful to mark up a document with electronic ink, such as by making handwritten comments, drawings, and the like over the underlying document. In some embodiments, a developer may easily define an inking surface, such as a transparent or opaque window, over a document. The inking surface may act as an input interface such that a user may write onto the inking surface such that is appears that the document itself is being marked up.