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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Applicants:
Leroy B. Keely, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Susanne Alysia Clark Cazzanti, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dan Altman, Kirkland, WA (US);
Charlton E. Lui, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Leroy B. Keely, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Susanne Alysia Clark Cazzanti, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dan Altman, Kirkland, WA (US);
Charlton E. Lui, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for classifying, anchoring, and transforming ink are disclosed. Ink drawings and ink annotations are captured and stored with additional information that allows the various described methods to associate the ink with one or more displayed elements. During reformatting or re-flowing a displayed document, the ink may be properly displayed as originally intended.