Authoring Presentations with Ink

• US 20140365850A1
• Filed: 06/11/2013
• Published: 12/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Maloney, Christopher, Onder, Onur
• Granted Patent: US 9,727,535 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/171 by use of digital ink

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for authoring a presentation with electronic ink data. Specifically, embodiments disclosed herein provide for receiving touch input and identifying type object(s) of presentation data that correspond to the received touch input. A layout may then be identified, in certain embodiments, corresponding to the touch input. A presentation is then generated based on the received touch input, identified type objects, and identified layout. The presentation data is then displayed.

Claims

1. A method for authoring a presentation with electronic ink data, the method comprising:

receiving the electronic ink data at a computing device, wherein the electronic ink data represents touch-sensitive input received by a touch-sensitive display communicatively coupled to the computing device;

identifying at least one type of presentation data that corresponds to the electronic ink data, wherein the presentation data is associated with an application program; and

generating the presentation within the application program, wherein the presentation includes the identified at least one type of presentation data that corresponds to the electronic ink data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic ink input data is selected from a group consisting of:

X-Y coordinates and vector graphics.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one type of presentation data is selected from a group consisting of:

text, glyphs, drawings, charts, and images.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the at least one type of presentation data comprises identifying a component part of presentation data that corresponds to the electronic ink data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic ink input data is aggregated over an expiring period of time.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

suppressing the expiring period of time upon further aggregating additional electronic ink input data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the presentation within the application program comprises applying a theme, layout, or style to the presentation.

8. A computer-readable storage medium encoding computer executable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, performs a method for authoring a presentation with electronic ink data, the method comprising:

receiving the electronic ink data at a computing device, wherein the electronic ink data represents touch-sensitive input received by a touch-sensitive display communicatively coupled to the computing device;

identifying at least one type of presentation data that corresponds to the electronic ink data, wherein the presentation data is associated with an application program; and

generating the presentation within the application program, wherein the presentation includes the identified at least one type of presentation data that corresponds to the electronic ink data.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the electronic ink input data is selected from a group consisting of:

X-Y coordinates and vector graphics.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the at least one type of presentation data is selected from a group consisting of:

text, glyphs, drawings, charts, and images.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein identifying the at least one type of presentation data comprises identifying a component part of presentation data that corresponds to the electronic ink data.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the electronic ink input data is aggregated over an expiring period of time.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, further comprising:

suppressing the expiring period of time upon further aggregating additional electronic ink input data.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein generating the presentation within the application program comprises applying a theme, layout, or style to the presentation.

15. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory for storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, performs a method for authoring a presentation with electronic ink data, the method comprising;

receiving the electronic ink data at a computing device, wherein the electronic ink data represents touch-sensitive input received by a touch-sensitive display communicatively coupled to the computing device;

identifying at least one type of presentation data that corresponds to the electronic ink data, wherein the presentation data is associated with an application program; and

generating the presentation within the application program, wherein the presentation includes the identified at least one type of presentation data that corresponds to the electronic ink data.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one type of presentation data is selected from a group consisting of:

text, glyphs, drawings, charts, and images.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein identifying the at least one type of presentation data comprises identifying a component part of presentation data that corresponds to the electronic ink data.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the electronic ink input data is aggregated over an expiring period of time.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising:

suppressing the expiring period of time upon further aggregating additional electronic ink input data.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein generating the presentation within the application program comprises applying a theme, layout, or style to the presentation.