Patent ID: 11875543
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. Non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by an electronic processor, perform a set of functions, the set of functions comprising:
receiving detected interactions between a touchscreen and a digital pen representing one or more digital strokes within a canvas;
determining whether the one or more digital strokes match a predetermined signifier that signifies a specific type of ink instance; and
in response to determining that the one or more digital strokes match the predetermined signifier:
determining, within an electronic document, a first digital ink instance included in the canvas based on a position of the one or more digital strokes within the canvas, wherein the first digital ink instance has a position within the canvas adjacent to the one or more digital strokes in a predetermined direction,
duplicating the first digital ink instance to create a second digital ink instance,
adding the second digital ink instance to a designated portion of the electronic document that is pre-designated to collect ink instances of the specific type, and
updating metadata of the first digital ink instance to include the type of the first digital ink instance, the type being associated with the predetermined signifier and the type being associated with the designated portion of the electronic document.