×

Script/binary-encoded-character processing method and system

  • US 5,231,698 A
  • Filed: 03/20/1991
  • Issued: 07/27/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A pen-based computer method for a user interactively to enter and edit script or text using a pen-type electrical input device on a dynamic document display having a series of lines defining line spaces for writing script, the method comprising:

  • entering script on the document display along at least one of said lines using the input device in a script entry mode;

    first, gesturing using the input device in a predetermined manner at a user-determined location to indicate commencement of a control gesture mode, the computer and document display being responsive to terminate the script entry mode and enter the control gesture mode; and

    second, gesturing using the input device in accordance with a selected one of a predetermined set of gestures to assert a selected control function in the document at said location, the computer and document display being responsive to the selected control function to perform a corresponding function on the document display or script entered therein.

View all claims
  • 3 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×