Electronic ink system
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1. In a system that enables a user to gesturally input electronic ink on an input surface, a method of inputting gesture commands distinguishable from other marks, comprising:
- forming a context specification gesture mark on the input surface to define a context for the gesture command;
forming an action gesture mark on the input surface to indicate an action for the gesture command; and
forming a terminal gesture mark on the input surface to command the system to perform the action, the terminal gesture mark being a single gesture mark.
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Abstract
In a system that enables a user to gesturally input electronic ink on an input surface, a method of inputting a gesture command distinguishable from other marks includes inputting gesture command sequences on an input surface. In some embodiments, the gesture sequence includes forming a terminal gesture mark to instruct the system to perform an action.
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32 Claims
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1. In a system that enables a user to gesturally input electronic ink on an input surface, a method of inputting gesture commands distinguishable from other marks, comprising:
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forming a context specification gesture mark on the input surface to define a context for the gesture command;
forming an action gesture mark on the input surface to indicate an action for the gesture command; and
forming a terminal gesture mark on the input surface to command the system to perform the action, the terminal gesture mark being a single gesture mark. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. In a system that enables a user to gesturally input electronic ink on an input surface, a method of inputting a gesture command distinguishable from other marks, comprising:
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forming a scribble gesture mark on the input surface to define a context for the gesture command; and
forming a terminal gesture mark on the input surface to instruct the system to delete marks present in the context. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. In a system that enables a user to gesturally input electronic ink on an input surface, a method of inputting a gesture command distinguishable from other marks, comprising:
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in a first mode, forming an action gesture mark on the input surface to indicate a set of actions; and
in the first mode, forming a terminal gesture mark on the input surface to command the system to perform one action of the set of actions;
whereinthe location of the terminal gesture mark on the input surface relative to one of the action gesture mark and a context specification gesture mark designates the one action of the set of actions. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable signals stored thereon that define instructions that, as a result of being executed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform a method that enables a user to gesturally input, on an input surface, a gesture command distinguishable from other types of electronic ink, comprising acts of:
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receiving a context specification gesture mark that defines a context for the gesture command;
receiving an action gesture mark that indicates an action for the gesture command; and
receiving a terminal gesture mark that commands the computer to perform the action, the terminal gesture mark comprising a single gesture mark.
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30. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable signals stored thereon that define instructions that, as a result of being executed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform a method that enables a user to gesturally input, on an input surface, a gesture command distinguishable from other types of electronic ink, comprising acts of:
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receiving a scribble gesture mark that defines a context for the gesture command; and
receiving a terminal gesture mark that commands the computer to delete marks present in the context.
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31. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable signals stored thereon that define instructions that, as a result of being executed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform a method that enables a user to gesturally input, on an input surface, a gesture command distinguishable from other types of electronic ink, comprising acts of:
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in a first mode, receiving an action gesture mark that indicates a set of actions; and
in the first mode, receiving a terminal gesture mark that commands the computer to perform one action of the set of actions;
whereinthe location of the terminal gesture mark on the input surface relative to one of the action gesture mark and a context specification gesture mark designates the one action of the set of actions.
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32. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable signals stored thereon that define instructions that, as a result of being executed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform a method that enables a user to gesturally input, on an input surface, a gesture command distinguishable from other types of electronic ink, comprising acts of:
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receiving an action gesture mark that indicates an action for the gesture command; and
receiving a terminal gesture mark, wherein a first type of terminal gesture mark puts the gesture command into a user-interactive mode, and a second type of terminal gesture mark puts the gesture command into a non-user-interactive mode.
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