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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Sarah Graham Williams, Seattle, WA (US);
Catherine N. Boulanger, Kirkland, WA (US);
Yann Florian Daniel Riche, Seattle, WA (US);
Hua Wang, Sammamish, WA (US);
John G. A. Weiss, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Anthony Christian Reed, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ralf Groene, Kirkland, WA (US);
Steven Nabil Bathiche, Kirkland, WA (US);
Vincent L. Ball, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A canvas (e.g., a digital page or sheet of paper) on which a user can input data is displayed on a display device of a computing device in response to the canvas being invoked. The canvas can be invoked in different manners, such as by the user activating a switch or button at an 'eraser' end of a stylus that mimics a pen/pencil configuration. The user can input any digital data such as notes, drawings, and so forth on the canvas that he or she desires. In response to the canvas being dismissed (e.g., by the user again activating a switch or button at an 'eraser' end of a stylus that mimics a pen/pencil configuration), display of the canvas ceases. The digital data input by the user is saved or otherwise processed by the computing device.