Patent ID: 7925987
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising: displaying a user-selectable element associated with a mode switch, said mode switch being associated with an ink edit control programming interface to set operational modes for ink edit control functions to control recognition functionality as applied to ink that is to be displayed, wherein the mode switch is switchable in response to a user selection of the element between a first setting to set a first operational mode and a second setting to set a second operational mode; receiving user input comprising ink to be displayed; displaying the received ink; and determining whether, at the time that the displayed ink was received, a currently existing setting of the mode switch is the first setting or the second setting; wherein if the second setting is determined to be the currently existing setting of the mode switch at the time that the displayed ink was received, then replacing the displayed ink with displayed recognized text according to the second operational mode, wherein the recognized text is a result of recognition of the displayed ink as text; and wherein if the first setting is determined to be the currently existing setting of the mode switch at the time that the displayed ink was received, then persistently displaying the displayed ink and not replacing the displayed ink with displayed recognized text, according to the first operational mode.