Customer authoring tools for creating user-generated content for smart pen applications

• US 20090024988A1
• Filed: 05/29/2008
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Livescribe Incorporated (Anoto Group AB)
• Original Assignee: Livescribe Incorporated (Anoto Group AB)
• Inventors: Edgecomb, Tracy L., Marggraff, Jim, Schaack, Andy Van
• Granted Patent: US 8,638,319 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L

Abstract

In a pen-based computing system, a user-specific smart pen application is created from a template application using customer authoring tools. The template application contains computer program code that is to be executed by a processor of a smart pen. Application content and a representation for printed content are received. The application content, provided by user or customer, defines functional interactions between the printed content representation and a smart pen. The template application is combined with application content to generate a user-specific application comprising instructions for being executed on a processor of a smart pen. The user-specific application is stored on a storage medium.

Claims

1. A method of making a smart pen application product using customer authoring tools, the method comprising:

retrieving a template application, the template application comprising program code for being executed by a processor of a smart pen;

receiving a representation for printed content;

receiving application content, the application content defining functional interactions between the printed content representation and the smart pen;

combining the template application with the application content to generate a user-specific application comprising instructions for being executed on a processor of a smart pen; and

storing the user-specific application on a storage medium.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a template application from a plurality of template applications.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a representation for printed content comprises importing an image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a representation for printed content comprises receiving a selection for constructing an image.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the functional interactions comprise:

an association between a relative gesture input and an output to an output device of the smart pen, the relative gesture input being a gesture input from a gesture capture device of the smart pen relative to the printed content representation.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the output comprises an audio signal, and wherein the output device comprises an speaker.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the output comprises a visual signal, and wherein the output device comprises a display device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the template application comprises code for displaying text or graphics content on a display device of the smart pen in response to receiving a particular gesture signal from a gesture capture device of the smart pen, and wherein the application content comprises the text or graphics content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the template application comprises code for playing audio content on a speaker of the smart pen in response to receiving a particular gesture signal from a gesture capture device of the smart pen, and wherein the application content comprises the audio content.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the template application comprises code for recording audio on a microphone of the smart pen and for storing the recorded audio, the recording and storing in response to receiving a particular gesture signal from a gesture capture device of the smart pen.

11. A computer program product for creating a smart pen application using customer authoring tools, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for:

retrieving a template application, the template application comprising program code for being executed by a processor of a smart pen;

receiving a representation for printed content;

receiving application content, the application content defining functional interactions between the printed content representation and the smart pen;

combining the template application with the application content to generate a user-specific application comprising instructions for being executed on a processor of a smart pen; and

storing the user-specific application on a storage medium.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising computer code for:

receiving a selection of a template application from a plurality of template applications.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein receiving a representation for printed content comprises importing an image.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein receiving a representation for printed content comprises receiving a selection for constructing an image.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the output comprises an audio signal, and wherein the output device comprises an speaker.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the output comprises a visual signal, and wherein the output device comprises a display device.

17. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the template application comprises code for displaying text or graphics content on a display device of the smart pen in response to receiving a particular gesture signal from a gesture capture device of the smart pen, and wherein the application content comprises the text or graphics content.

18. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the template application comprises code for playing audio content on a speaker of the smart pen in response to receiving a particular gesture signal from a gesture capture device of the smart pen, and wherein the application content comprises the audio content.

19. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the template application comprises code for recording audio on a microphone of the smart pen and for storing the recorded audio, the recording and storing in response to receiving a particular gesture signal from a gesture capture device of the smart pen.