Patent ID: 9141134
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An electronic device implemented method for receiving writing input, comprising: receiving, via a first application operating on the electronic device, a pen input onto a master canvas of the first application; creating, by the first application, a plurality of child canvases based on spatial and temporal information associated with the pen input, wherein each of the plurality of child canvases corresponds to one of a plurality of time periods defined by the temporal information, and the pen input made onto the master canvas during each time period of the plurality of time periods being inserted into a corresponding one of the plurality of child canvases after each time period of the plurality of time periods elapses, wherein the plurality of child canvases are separately processed by second one or more applications supporting the first application, and the plurality of child canvases enable individual manipulation of all the pen input made during the corresponding one of the plurality of time periods within the corresponding child canvas within the first application; and inserting, by the first application, the plurality of child canvases into the master canvas.