Use of queues

• US 20050093833A1
• Filed: 11/15/2004
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ServiceNow Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Feldman, Kyril, Kolmykov-Zotov, Alexander J., Dodge, Steve, Goldberg, Arin J., Balaz, Rudolph, Biswas, Manoj K., Pichaiah, Shenbagalakshmi, Krantz, Brigette
• Granted Patent: US 7,212,296 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1206 resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1263 based on job priority, e.g. re-arranging the order of jobs, e.g. the printing sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1284 Local printer device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1423 the instrument generating sequences of position coordinates corresponding to handwriting preprocessing or recognising digital ink G06V30/32

Abstract

A system and process for ensuring the smooth flow of electronic ink is described. Dynamic rendering is give priority over other event handlers. Priority may be the use of one or more queues to order when events occur and may be performing dynamic rendering prior to other steps.

Claims

1-30. -30. (canceled)

31. A system for rendering information comprising:

a storage;

a processor exchanging information with said storage, said processor hosting a component, said component comprising;

a rendering system that renders said information; and

a first queue receiving and temporarily storing information rendered by said component, said first queue being accessed by another component to retrieve said temporarily stored information, wherein said temporarily stored information may be later processed by said another component.

32. The system according to claim 31, wherein said information includes electronic ink.

33. The system according to claim 31, wherein said information includes modifications to electronic ink.

34. The system according to claim 31, wherein said rendering system is a plug-in object, capable of being removably attached to said component.

35. The system according to claim 31, wherein said information includes a first packet received at a first time and a second packet received at a later time and wherein said processor places said first packet in said queue ahead of said second packet to maintain a proper synchronization of the processing of said first packet and said second packet.

36. The system according to claim 31, wherein said information includes a first packet received at a first time and a second packet received at a later time and wherein said processor places said first packet in said queue behind said second packet to maintain a proper synchronization of the processing of said first packet and said second packet.

37. A method for rendering information comprising the steps of:

rendering received information;

temporarily storing said rendered information in a first queue;

accessing said first queue to retrieve said temporarily stored information; and

processing said temporarily stored information.

38. The method of according to claim 37, wherein said rendering step is performed by a first component.

39. The method of according to claim 37, wherein said processing step is performed by a second component.

40. The method of according to claim 37, wherein said received information includes a first packet received at a first time and a second packet received at a later time, said temporarily storing step further comprising the step of:

placing said first packet in said first queue ahead of said second packet to maintain a proper synchronization of the processing of said first packet and said second packet.

41. The method of according to claim 37, wherein said received information includes a first packet received at a first time and a second packet received at a later time, said temporarily storing step further comprising the step of:

placing said first packet in said first queue behind said second packet to maintain a proper synchronization of the processing of said first packet and said second packet.

42. A system for rendering information comprising:

means for rendering received information;

means for temporarily storing said rendered information in a first queue;

means for accessing said first queue to retrieve said temporarily stored information; and

means for processing said temporarily stored information.

43. The system of according to claim 42, wherein said means for rendering includes a first component.

44. The system of according to claim 42, wherein said means for processing includes a second component.

45. The system according to claim 42, wherein said received information includes a first packet received at a first time and a second packet received at a later time, said means for temporarily storing further comprising:

means for placing said first packet in said first queue ahead of said second packet to maintain a proper synchronization of the processing of said first packet and said second packet.

46. The system for according to claim 42, wherein said received information includes a first packet received at a first time and a second packet received at a later time, said means for temporarily storing further comprising:

means for placing said first packet in said first queue behind said second packet to maintain a proper synchronization of the processing of said first packet and said second packet.