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

Claim 11:
12. A method of aggregating digital ink instances within an electronic document, the method comprising:
receiving, with an electronic processor, detected interactions between a touchscreen and a digital pen representing one or more digital strokes within a canvas;
determining, with the electronic processor, whether the one or more digital strokes match a predetermined signifier that signifies a command to aggregate ink instances of a specific type; and
in response to determining that the one or more digital strokes match the predetermined signifier:
determining, with the electronic processor, a first digital ink instance included in the electronic document based on a position of the one or more digital strokes within the canvas,
duplicating, with the electronic processor, the first digital ink instance to create a second digital ink instance,
adding, with the electronic processor, the second digital ink instance to a designated portion of the electronic document that is pre-designated for collecting ink instances of the specific type; and
updating metadata of the first digital ink instance to include specification of 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.