Patent Document ID: 5398310
Application ID: 07868013

Base Claim:
1. A method for manipulating notes on the screen of a computer display comprising: generating an initial note area on a screen of a computer display; dividing said initial note area into a plurality of note areas in response to at least one division gesture implemented by moving a pointing means across the width of the screen such that a left edge of the division gesture is within a first defined distance of a left side of said computer display and a right edge of the division gesture is within a second defined distance of a right side of said computer display, wherein the division gesture is made in a horizontal motion having a slope of less than a predefined slope value, and wherein each division gesture creates divider indicia in the form of a header bar on said screen which visually separates two adjacent note areas, said header bar being displayed on said computer display as a horizontal region having indicia pertaining to a note including a creation date; modifying the height of a selected note area in response to a gesture made on said header bar associated with said selected note area; and scrolling at least one note area in response to a scrolling command.

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Claim 3:
3. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein said step of dividing said initial note area comprises: detecting a theoretical line drawn on said display by said pointing means; determining whether said theoretical line is a division gesture; and generating a header bar on said computer display for a new note area if said theoretical line is determined to be a division gesture.