Patent ID: 8386963

Claim:
A method for creating a virtual inking device, comprising: determining when a hand is detected by a touch input device that is configured to receive multiple touches at a same time; determining when the hand is gestured in a form of an inking gesture comprising a pen gesture that as long as activated inking is displayed in response to movement and an erase gesture that as long as activated erases content from the display in response to movement; wherein determining the pen gesture comprises determining when a tip of an index finger of the hand touches a tip of a thumb of the hand while other fingers of the hand are folded at each knuckle; in response to determining that the gestured hand is in the form of the inking gesture, creating the virtual inking device that is used to perform inking operations that is associated with an application; receiving inking input from the virtual inking device by determining movement of the gestured hand in relation to a surface of the touch input device; and performing an inking operation that corresponds to the inking gesture that comprises affecting content displayed; and displaying inking on the touch input device without a display of a graphical pen and displaying the inking on a separate display screen with a display of the graphical pen that is a graphical representation of the virtual inking device.