Patent ID: 7424154

Claim:
A process performed in a stylus-based computer system for receiving handwritten information input by a user via a stylus and an input screen, the process comprising: inputting handwritten information by the user on a first portion of the input screen using a first pen tip of the stylus, the handwritten information on the first portion of the input screen to be recognized according to a first mode of recognizing handwritten input; detecting at least one of: the user switching from the first pen tip of the stylus to a second pen tip for inputting handwritten information, the second pen tip being associated with a second mode of recognizing handwritten input; and the user inputting an instruction to switch from the first mode of recognizing handwritten information to the second mode; in response to the detecting, switching the input screen from a first input mode associated with the first mode of recognizing handwritten input to second input mode to provide a second portion of the input screen associated with the second mode of recognizing handwritten input, such that the first and second portions of the input screen are concurrently configured according to different input modes; and inputting handwritten information by the user on the second portion of the input screen using the stylus, the handwritten information on the second portion to be recognized according to the second mode of recognizing handwritten input, wherein one of the first and second modes of recognizing handwritten input corresponds to character-based recognition, and the other of the first and second modes of recognizing handwritten input corresponds to word-based recognition, and one of the first and second portions is configured according to boxed input mode and the other of the first and second portions of the input screen is configured according to line input mode.