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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Mavis Natasha Rodrigues, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael Eugene Taron, Seattle, WA (US);
Ian Mikutel, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for identifying a live ink presence for real-time collaboration can include assigning a presence identifier to a grouping of ink strokes in a shared inking canvas received from a particular user participating in a collaboration session; receiving a new ink stroke to the shared inking canvas from the particular user; and determining whether the new ink stroke is within a certain distance from previous ink strokes associated with the presence identifier. When the new ink stroke is not within the certain distance, the method includes assigning a new presence identifier the new ink stroke in the shared inking canvas, determining a location in the shared inking canvas for displaying a presence indicator, and displaying the presence indicator at the location; else, the method includes changing an existing location for a corresponding presence indicator according to a distance of the new ink stroke from the existing location.