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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc., Redmond, WA (US);
Fanguang Kong, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yanir Shahak, Sammamish, WA (US);
Wei Wang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jorge Eugenio Aguirre Gonzalez, Redmond, WA (US);
Jay Ongg, Renton, WA (US);
Darren Glenn Austin, Seattle, WA (US);
Gareth Alun Jones, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Rahee Ghosh, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ankit Srivastava, Vancouver, CA;
Guy Daher, Vancouver, CA;
Kiky Wibowo Tangerine, Vancouver, CA;
Mun Ying Leong, Vancouver, CA;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Freeform input is not native to several application or document types, but is desired by users as an input mode, especially for collaboration. Systems and methods are therefore provided to enable the insertion of an electronic collaboration workspace that accepts and stores freeform input for use as an object embeddable in various documents. An external host application provides the functionalities needed for freeform input, and the inputs may be committed to the document or stored as a separate document which may be referenced and accessed by multiple users for purposes of collaboration.