Patent ID: 8407589

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for grouping two or more writing regions of digital ink comprised in an electronic medium, the method comprising: receiving a first writing region and a second writing region comprising digital ink; determining whether there is an intent to group the first writing region and the second writing region, comprising: determining that there is the intent to group the first writing region and the second writing region when a drawing that is present between the first writing region and the second writing region does not overlap a first straight line segment and a second straight line segment, where the first straight line segment connects a beginning of a last line of the first writing region to a beginning of a first line of the second writing region and the second straight line segment connects an end of the last line of the first writing region to an end of the first line of the second writing region, the first straight line segment and the second straight line segment not overlapping one another; and determining that there is not the intent to group the first writing region and the second writing region when the drawing overlaps both the first straight line segment and the second straight line segment; determining a confidence score associated with the determined intent to group the first writing region and the second writing region; and grouping the first writing region and the second writing region when the confidence score exceeds a specified threshold.