Organization of handwritten notes using handwritten titles
View Patent ↗A system and method for associating an ink title with a note is described. A user may hand write a title for a document or note and have the handwritten ink title be displayed when interacting with the system when, for example, viewing the contents of a directory, reviewing the results of a search, viewing a list of most recently used documents, viewing a history of which documents were used, and the like. The use of a handwritten ink title speeds a user's recall of the content of the note over textual titles.
1. A system in which displaying an ink title of a note file allows a user to recognize handwriting of a user who input the ink title comprising:
a document editor for receiving ink including a sequence of strokes relating to a note file;
a processor for associating the ink with a title of said note file;
storage for storing said ink as an ink title associated with said note file; and
a display for displaying the ink title stored in storage in a file directory listing in response to a user input.
2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said storage is configured to be searched for the ink title.
3. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a cache,
wherein said cache temporarily holds at least one ink title from said storage.
4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein said ink title from said cache is displayable to a user when displaying information about said note file.
5. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a file structure,
wherein said file structure holds at least one ink title from said storage.
6. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a database,
wherein said database holds at least one ink title from said storage.
7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said storage stores said ink title independent of said note file.
8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said storage stores said ink title with said note file as a property of said note file.
9. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an ink title region,
wherein ink entered into said ink title region is stored as said ink title.
10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said processor uses a first line of said note file as said ink title.
11. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said processor uses linguistic analysis to determine words for inclusion in said ink title.
12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein said linguistic analysis includes determining words in a largest print.
13. The system according to claim 11 , wherein said linguistic analysis includes determining proper names.
14. A process for displaying an ink title, wherein a user is able to recognize handwriting of a user who input the displayed ink title, comprising the steps of:
receiving ink including a sequence of strokes;
determining if said received ink is in a title area of a note file;
storing said received ink in said title area as an ink title of the note file; and
displaying the stored ink title in a file directory listing in response to a user input.
15. The process according to claim 14 , wherein said determining step further comprising the steps of:
determining a bounding box for said ink in said title area;
determining an available area for said title area; and
clipping said ink to an intersection between said bounding box and said title area.
16. The process according to claim 14 , further comprising the step of:
storing said ink title as a property of said note file.
17. The process according to claim 14 , further comprising the step of:
storing said ink title in a cache.
18. The process according to claim 14 , further comprising the step of:
storing said ink title in a database.
19. The process according to claim 14 , further comprising the step of:
storing said ink title in a file structure.
20. A process for creating an ink title from an ink note, wherein a user is able to recognize handwriting of a user who input the created ink title, comprising the steps of:
receiving ink including a sequence of strokes as said ink note;
selecting at least some of said ink;
storing said selected ink as said ink title of a note file including said ink note; and
displaying the stored ink title of the note file in a fle directory listing in response to a user input.
21. The process according to claim 20 , further comprising:
determining at least one of a date and a time of the creation of said ink note;
storing a representation of said at least one of a date and a time as at least part of said ink title.
22. A process for displaying an ink title, wherein a user is able to recognize handwriting of a user who input the displayed ink title, comprising the steps of:
determining that an ink title of a file is stored in a cache, the ink title including a sequence of strokes; and
displaying said ink title as a title of said file in a file directory listing in response to determining that the ink title of the file is stored in the cache.
23. A process for displaying an ink title, wherein a user is able to recognize handwriting of a user who input the displayed ink title, comprising the steps of:
determining that an ink title of a file is stored in a database, the ink title including a sequence of strokes; and
displaying said ink title as a title of said file in a file directory listing in response to determining that the ink title of the file is stored in the database.
24. A process for displaying an ink title, wherein a user is able to recognize handwriting of a user who input the displayed ink title, comprising the steps of:
determining an ink title of a file is stored in a file structure, the ink title including a sequence of strokes; and
displaying said ink title as a title of said file in a file directory listing in response to determining that the ink title of the file is stored in the file structure.
25. A process for displaying an ink title, wherein a user is able to recognize handwriting of a user who input the displayed ink title, comprising the steps of:
retrieving an ink title including a sequence of strokes from a property set of a file; and
displaying said ink title as a title of said file in a file directory listing.
26. A process for updating a cached version of an ink title of a file comprising the steps of:
determining that an ink title including a sequence of strokes input for a file is different from an ink title including a sequence of strokes stored in a cache for the file;
writing said ink title to said cache in a file directory listing in response to determining that the ink title is different from the ink title stored in said cache for the file; and
displaying the ink title written in cache in a file directory listing in response to a user input.
27. A process for finding notes based on an ink title comprising the steps of:
receiving ink including a sequence of strokes;
searching an ink title of one or more ink notes for said received ink;
displaying search results including an ink title having a sequence of strokes responsive to said searching step.
28. The process for finding notes according to claim 27 , wherein said displaying step displays said search results as a list of ink titles.
29. A system for finding notes based on an ink title comprising:
an input for receiving ink including a sequence of strokes;
storage for storing ink titles including sequences of strokes associated with ink notes;
a processor for searching the ink titles in said storage for said received ink;
an output for outputting said search results including an ink title having a sequence of strokes to a display.
30. The system according to claim 29 , wherein said output is used to display said search results as a list of ink titles.
31. A user interface comprising a region having a list of ink titles in a file directory listing, each ink title associated with a corresponding file and including a sequence of strokes.
32. The user interface according to claim 31 , wherein said list of ink titles is a list of search results.
33. The user interface according to claim 31 , wherein said list of ink titles is a list of most recently used files.
34. The user interface according to claim 31 , wherein said list of ink titles is a history list of files.