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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2004
Benoit Barabe, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Kentaro Urata, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alex J. Simmons, Redmond, WA (US);
Benoit Barabe, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Kentaro Urata, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alex J. Simmons, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a glom widget to the pen user of a PC that allows them to access contextual tools near a location where they are writing. If the user selects the glom widget, a context menu drops down that contains several of the most common tools and/or commands that a user creating handwriting might want to access. The glom widget menu can also contain contextual commands that are easier to comprehend and use since they are presented directly next to the content on the page to which they relate.