Patent ID: 11941193
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A system for controlling a digital inking device, the system comprising:
one or more hardware processors;
an electrostatic digital inking device communication interface executable by the one or more hardware processors and configured to communicate electrostatic inking signals between the digital inking device and an ink-receiving computing device in an inking mode, the inking mode enabling the digital inking device to render digital ink in a display of the ink-receiving computing device via the electrostatic inking signals;
a proximity detector configured to detect proximity of a peripheral communication device relative to the digital inking device; and
an ink-mode controller executable by the one or more hardware processors and configured to transition the digital inking device from the inking mode to a non-inking mode that terminates communication of the electrostatic inking signals between the digital inking device and the ink-receiving computing device, based at least in part on the detected proximity, wherein the electrostatic digital inking device communication interface is further configured to communicate electrostatic data signals in the non-inking mode between the digital inking device and the peripheral communication device in the non-inking mode, based at least in part on transitioning to the non-inking mode.