Framework for ordered handling of information

• US 7,239,401 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2004
• Issued: 07/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Lamb; Twyler
• Assistant Examiner(s): EBRAHIMI DEHKORDY, SAEID
• Application Number:
  US10/985,923
• Publication Number:
  US 20050156913A1
• Time in Patent Office: 963 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.1, 358/504, 358/518, 347 40- 43, 347/19, 710301-302, 710/1, 399/131, 399/339, 400/691, 400/613, 703 20- 21
• US Class Current: 358/1.1
• 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. A system for processing information comprising:

a storage;

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

a synchronous interface to which a first plug-in object is attached, said first plug-in object processing information received by said component synchronously with the receipt of said information by said component;

an asynchronous interface to which a second plug-in object is attached, said second plug-in object processing information received by said component asynchronously with the receipt of said information by said component; and

a dynamic renderer as said first plug-in object, said dynamic renderer including a storage for temporarily storing ink strokes received by said component.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said information processed by said second plug-in object is the same information processed by said first plug-in object.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said information processed by said second plug-in object is different from the information processed by said first plug-in object, where said first plug-in object modified the information to be later processed by said second plug-in object.

4. The system according to claim 1, said component further including an output queue, said output queue receiving information having been processed by said first plug-in object.

5. The system according to claim 1, said component further including an input queue, said input queue receiving information generated by said first plug-in object to be processed by said first plug-in object.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said first plug-in object and said second plug-in object form part of a list attached to said component.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said first plug-in object and said second plug-in object form part of a chain attached to said component.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said first plug-in object and said second plug-in object is a gesture recognizer object.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein said ink in temporary storage is deleted after receiving an instruction from said second plug-in object.

10. The system according to 1, wherein said ink in temporary storage is deleted after receiving an instruction from said second plug-in object and said second plug-in object having rendered said ink.

11. A system for processing information comprising:

a storage;

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

a synchronous interface to which a first plug-in object is attached, said first plug-in object processing information received by said component synchronously with the receipt of said information by said component;

an asynchronous interface to which a second plug-in object is attached, said second plug-in object processing information received by said component asynchronously with the receipt of said information by said component; and

wherein at least one of said first plug-in object and said second plug-in object is a gesture recognizer object.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein said information processed by said second plug-in object is the same information processed by said first plug-in object.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein said information processed by said second plug-in object is different from the information processed by said first plug-in object, where said first plug-in object modified the information to be later processed by said second plug-in object.

14. The system according to claim 11, said component further including an output queue, said output queue receiving information having been processed by said first plug-in object.

15. The system according to claim 11, said component further including an input queue, said input queue receiving information generated by said first plug-in object to be processed by said first plug-in object.

16. The system according to claim 11, wherein at least one of said first plug-in object and said second plug-in object form part of a list attached to said component.

17. The system according to claim 11, wherein at least one of said first plug-in object and said second plug-in object form part of a chain attached to said component.

18. The system according to claim 11, wherein at least one of said first plug-in object and said second plug-in object is a gesture recognizer object.