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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. 05, 2008
Filed:
May. 08, 2006
Alex J. Simmons, Seattle, WA (US);
Kentaro Urata, Kirkland, WA (US);
Peter Loren Engrav, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher H. Pratley, Seattle, WA (US);
Owen C. Braun, Seattle, WA (US);
Stuart J. Stuple, Carnation, WA (US);
Alex J. Simmons, Seattle, WA (US);
Kentaro Urata, Kirkland, WA (US);
Peter Loren Engrav, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher H. Pratley, Seattle, WA (US);
Owen C. Braun, Seattle, WA (US);
Stuart J. Stuple, Carnation, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Displaying a writing guide for a free-form document editor by detecting electronic ink, classifying the detected ink as corresponding to handwriting or a drawing, and displaying a handwriting guide or a drawing guide in response to classifying the detected ink as handwriting or a drawing, respectively. The writing guides can provide feedback regarding the classification of the detected ink and can be resized as additional ink is detected. The handwriting guide can comprise a writing area, writing guide portion, bullet guide, indent marker, character notches, gesture guide, or sacrificial guide to create meaningful structure within an outline object of an electronic document.