Patent ID: 7360156
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a system for creating and editing an electronic workspace, a computer-implemented method of performing actions on content in a region within a free form two-dimensional workspace, comprising the steps of: defining the region within the free form two-dimensional workspace by generating a user defined outline object, wherein defining the region within the workspace comprises defining a dynamic region in the workspace; displaying a task pane in the workspace having a list of actions to associate with the region; receiving a selection of an action from the list of actions; associating the selected action with the region; receiving content within the region, wherein receiving content within the region comprises receiving handwriting and wherein performing the action on the content comprises converting the handwriting to text, and wherein the size of the region dynamically expands in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction as the content is received and as additional content is entered; identifying a content type for the content within the region; and performing the action on the content, wherein performing the action comprises performing an automated function with respect to the content received within the region, the automated function comprising transferring the content from the region, the region defined using a first application program, to a second application program, the second application program comprising at least one of the following: a contacts module and a task list module, wherein performing the action further comprises: