Ink gestures
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1. A method for determining if a gesture has been received from a user viewing a page comprising the steps of:
- receiving a stroke placed on said page;
determining whether the stroke includes a gesture; and
alerting a system or application that said gesture has been received.
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Abstract
A system and process for capturing and implementing handwritten gestures is provided. A user may use gestures to quickly command a pen-based input device to perform operations. According to certain aspects, users may edit text or handwritten ink using a pen in a pen-based computing platform and have the edits and affects the text or ink.
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1. A method for determining if a gesture has been received from a user viewing a page comprising the steps of:
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receiving a stroke placed on said page;
determining whether the stroke includes a gesture; and
alerting a system or application that said gesture has been received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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6. A method for determining if a gesture has been received from a user viewing a page comprising the steps of:
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receiving a stroke placed on said page;
rendering said stroke on said page;
sending said stroke to an application;
determining in said application if said stroke includes a gesture; and
,processing said gesture.
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7. A data structure for storing a gesture comprising:
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a first portion associated with an identity of said gesture;
a second portion describing a normalized shape of said gesture;
a third portion describing an action area of said gesture; and
,a fourth portion describing a default action or control method or property.
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