Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Abhinav Gupta

Mukund Sankaranarayan

Mitesh K Desai

Arvind M Murching

Arunkumar Navasivasakthivelsamy

Dattatraya B Rajpure

Henrique M A Filgueiras

Manoj Kumar Miryala

Ian Mikutel

William Joseph Devereux

Ana Ruth Resendez Rodriguez

Gilles Louis Peron

Carine Ramses Iskander

Justin Leigh Schnarr

Preserving ink effects in ink-to-text are described. A method of preserving styles and ink effects in ink-to-text can include receiving ink strokes and displaying the ink strokes on a canvas interface, each ink stroke comprising ink parameters such as pressure, ink color, and ink effect. In response to receiving a command to convert one or more ink strokes to text, the method can further include identifying text comprising characters and words from the one or more ink strokes; generating an appropriate coloring or style for each character or word based on the ink parameters associated with corresponding ink strokes, the appropriate coloring or style being generated based on a mapping between ink parameters and text parameters; applying the appropriate coloring or style to the text; and displaying the text on the canvas interface.

Preserving styles and ink effects in ink-to-text

Preserving ink effects in ink-to-text are described. A method of preserving styles and ink effects in ink-to-text can include receiving ink strokes, each ink stroke having associated ink parameters; receiving a command to convert one or more ink strokes to text; identifying text comprising characters and words from the one or more ink strokes; generating an appropriate coloring or style for each character or word based on the ink parameters associated with corresponding ink strokes, the appropriate coloring or style being generated based on a mapping between ink parameters and text parameters; and applying the appropriate coloring or style to the text.

Techniques for monitoring presence of a remote device at Layer 2 that allow reducing power consumption without compromising the device's availability. A device that pairs with a remote wireless device may establish a Layer 3 connection, such as an IP connection, to the remote device to provide services to a user. The Layer 3 connection may be formed over a Layer 2 connection via an access point or as a peer-to-peer wireless connection between the devices. When the Layer 3 connection is not actively used to access the remote device, the Layer 3 connection and the supporting Layer 2 connection (e.g., WI-FI, WI-FI DIRECT&#x2122; or BLUETOOTH&#xae;) may be terminated and presence of the remote device may be monitored using a Layer 2 device discovery mechanism. The Layer 2 and Layer 3 connections to the device may be reestablished when use of the remote device is desired.

Detecting device presence for a layer 3 connection using layer 2 discovery information

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