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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2005
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);
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);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
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.