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Patent No.:

US 7032187 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2001
Applicants:

Leroy Bertrand Keely, Jr., Portola Valley, CA (US);

Douglas Alan Young, Mountain View, CA (US);

Andrew James Palay, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Leroy Bertrand Keely, Jr., Portola Valley, CA (US);

Douglas Alan Young, Mountain View, CA (US);

Andrew James Palay, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A notepad computer is disclosed with a page display region displaying a page of a document on which a user can write using a pen. Associated with the page is an interface useable with the pen including a core task tool region where tool icons are partially visible until the pen is brought near a tool icon. A radial menu pops up at an edge of the document where menu choices are located in a semi-circle away from the edge. A page flipping tool is also provided. A page scrolling tool is further provided that, when activated, includes an implicit button allowing scrolling in one implied direction. A stack region adjacent to the page display region has stack icons each representing a stack of documents. A typing tool is also provided overlaying a portion of the page and including a writing zone and a page zone.


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