Telegraphy – Systems – Position coordinate determination for writing
Reexamination Certificate
2002-06-19
2003-11-04
Shankar, Vijay (Department: 2673)
Telegraphy
Systems
Position coordinate determination for writing
C178S018030, C178S018050, C178S018060, C178S019010, C178S019030, C178S019040
Reexamination Certificate
active
06642458
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a touch screen device and method for co-extensively presenting text characters and rendering ink in a common area of a user interface.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many small electronic devices, such as personal digital assistants, smart phones, palm personal computers, etc., are now equipped with a touch-sensitive display screen as the primary mechanism for interacting with applications on the device and inputting information into the device. One form of input method which works well on a small device with a small screen is some form of handwriting input. In particular, many small devices currently use a graphical user interface (GUI) in which some region of the screen area (often one or more boxes) is dedicated as a writing area for handwriting input. Such use of the standard GUI can make very inefficient use of screen real estate, especially when it is necessary to display information (e.g., a message) to which the user wishes to respond and to display the user's response while still displaying the dedicated writing area.
Thus, a need exists for a method and apparatus that allows a maximum amount of information to be displayed on the GUI while still allowing handwritten input on the touch screen device.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5155813 (1992-10-01), Donoghue et al.
patent: RE34476 (1993-12-01), Norwood
patent: 5357062 (1994-10-01), Rockwell et al.
patent: 5561446 (1996-10-01), Montlick
patent: 5581052 (1996-12-01), Padula et al.
patent: 5654529 (1997-08-01), Yeung et al.
patent: 5724985 (1998-03-01), Snell et al.
patent: 5841978 (1998-11-01), Rhoads
patent: 5953735 (1999-09-01), Forcier
patent: 6014135 (2000-01-01), Fernandes
Nowlan Steven
Panagrossi III Gerald Thomas
Motorola Inc.
Shankar Vijay
Watanabe Hisashi D.
LandOfFree
Touch screen device and method for co-extensively presenting... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Touch screen device and method for co-extensively presenting..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Touch screen device and method for co-extensively presenting... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3139231