Patent ID: 7167165

Claim:
A method of providing guidelines for handwriting, comprising: displaying content; detecting a position of a stylus proximal to the displayed content in an area that does not have guidelines for handwriting; in response to detecting the position of the stylus proximal to the displayed content in an area that does not have guidelines for handwriting, displaying at least one guideline in the content at a location corresponding to the detected position of the stylus; and collecting electronic ink produced by movement of the stylus; and adding the collected electronic ink to the content at the location corresponding to the detected position of the stylus; detecting movement of the stylus outside of an electronic ink input area corresponding to the displayed content for longer than a threshold amount of time, wherein the threshold time varies depending upon a direction of movement of the stylus; and deleting the at least one guideline in response to detecting movement of the stylus outside of the electronic ink input area corresponding to the displayed content for longer than a threshold amount of time.