Authoring presentations with ink

• US 9,727,535 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2013
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Maloney, Christopher, Onder, Onur
• Primary Examiner(s): Zuberi, Mohammed-Ibrahim
• Application Number:
  US13/914,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20140365850A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,519 Days
• Field of Search: 715211
• 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 presentation data type that resembles the electronic ink data, wherein each of the at least one presentation data types is an item associated with a presentation application program;

substituting the electronic ink data with the identified at least one presentation data type that resembles the electronic ink data; and

generating the presentation within the presentation application program, wherein the presentation includes the substituted at least one presentation data type that resembles 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 type 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 type 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 presentation application program comprises applying a theme, layout, or style to the presentation.

8. A computer-readable storage device 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 presentation data type that resembles the electronic ink data, wherein each of the at least one presentation data types is an item associated with a presentation application program;

substituting the electronic ink data with the identified at least one presentation data type that resembles the electronic ink data; and

generating the presentation within the presentation application program, wherein the presentation includes the substituted at least one presentation data type that resembles the electronic ink data.

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

text, glyphs, drawings, charts, and images.

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

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

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

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

14. The computer-readable storage device of claim 8, wherein generating the presentation within the presentation 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 presentation data type that resembles the electronic ink data, wherein each of the at least one presentation data types is an item associated with a presentation application program;

substituting the electronic ink data with the identified at least one presentation data type that resembles the electronic ink data; and

generating the presentation within the presentation application program, wherein the presentation includes the substituted at least one presentation data type that resembles the electronic ink data.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one type of presentation data type 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 type 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 presentation application program comprises applying a theme, layout, or style to the presentation.