Patent ID: 6459442
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
A method for operating a freeform display editing system including a display and a user input device for generating freeform input strokes, comprising:receiving at a segment controller a freeform input stroke generated with the user input device; the segment controller distributing the freeform input stroke to a selected segment that maintains a set of freeform output strokes in a memory; the selected segment identifying a unique region of the display; dispatching at the selected segment the freeform input stroke to a plurality of behaviors; the plurality of behaviors being associated with the selected segment and including at least one user specified application behavior and at least one embedded behavior; processing the freeform input stroke at the plurality of behaviors associated with the selected segment; each of the plurality of behaviors interpreting the set of freeform output strokes recorded in the memory independent of each other; and rendering, after processing the freeform input stoke at the plurality of behaviors, in the unique region of the display the set of freeform output strokes recorded in the memory.