Patent Document ID: 7777729
Application ID: 11426860
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for editing handwritten data using a pen enabled computing device having a writing surface and a writing stylus selectively communicable with the writing surface, said method comprising: detecting a position and a movement of the writing stylus with respect to the writing surface to form a handwritten input; automatically defining a bounding box encompassing at least a portion of each stroke of the handwritten input, wherein a size of the bounding box is based on the position and the movement of the writing stylus; storing the handwritten input and the bounding box; and editing the handwritten input to at least one of add textual data to the handwritten input, insert textual data between strokes encompassed by adjacent bounding boxes, delete at least one stroke encompassed by a bounding box, and replace at least one stroke encompassed by a bounding box with alternate textual data.