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Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2005
Applicants:

Alex J. Simmons, Redmond, WA (US);

Ian C. Mcgraw, Stanford, CA (US);

Peter L. Engrav, Seattle, WA (US);

Benoit Barabe, Snoqualmie, WA (US);

Owen C. Braun, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Alex J. Simmons, Redmond, WA (US);

Ian C. McGraw, Stanford, CA (US);

Peter L. Engrav, Seattle, WA (US);

Benoit Barabe, Snoqualmie, WA (US);

Owen C. Braun, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A note-taking application is provided which includes a free-form selection tool. In certain embodiments, a particular selection may be based in part on the speed or velocity of a user selection. The free-form selection tool is configured to provide more or less precise selections based in part on the speed of a selection. The free-form selection tool is further operable to recognize when a user is attempting to retry a selection.


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