Patent ID: 9400592
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method, said method comprising: in a digital-marking-surface system: storing a keyhole gesture description associated with a content-unit spatial separation function for creating a blank space on a digital marking surface, wherein said keyhole gesture description includes a circle defining a center of expansion and a tail defining an extent of expansion; in response to detecting a digital mark on said digital marking surface, automatically performing the following functions; analyzing said digital mark to determine whether said digital mark conforms to said keyhole gesture description; and performing said content-unit spatial separation function when said digital mark conforms to said keyhole gesture description, wherein said content-unit spatial separation function comprises creating a new blank space, on said digital marking surface, proximal to a location, on said digital marking surface, associated with said keyhole digital mark, wherein said creating a new blank space comprises moving a plurality of content units away from a center of expansion indicated by said keyhole center, a distance indicated by said keyhole tail.