Personalized Identification Of System Resources

1 . A machine-implemented method for creating a personalized identifier for a system resource of a processing device, comprising:

displaying a representation of the system resource on a display screen of the processing device;

receiving input for the personalized identifier of the system resource, the personalized identifier being separate from a system resource identifier;

creating the identifier of the system resource; and

making the system resource searchable based on the received input.

2 . The machine-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:

the received input includes at least one stroke of digital ink, and making the system resource searchable based on the received input further comprises:

comparing, when a search is requested, search input with the at least one stroke of digital ink using a distance calculation; and

presenting a representation of the system resource as a search result when the distance calculation is less than a predetermined value.

3 . The machine-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

presenting a security challenge to a user;

receiving a predetermined response to the security challenge as digital ink; and

granting the user access to a resource after receiving the predetermined response to the security challenge.

4 . The machine-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing recognition of speech input or at least one stroke of digital ink, included in the received input, to produce a recognition result; and

storing the recognition result, wherein:

making the system resource searchable based on the received input further comprises:

indexing the system resource based on the recognition result.

5 . The machine-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing recognition of at least one stroke of digital ink, included in the received input, to produce a recognition result; and

storing the recognition result, wherein

the recognition result and a representation of the digital ink are stored in a data structure.

6 . The machine-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing recognition of speech input or at least one stroke of digital ink, included in the received input, to produce a recognition result;

translating the recognition result from a first language to a second language, wherein:

making the system resource searchable based on the received input further comprises:

indexing the system resource based on the translated recognition result in the second language.

7 . The machine-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

permitting a user to configure one or more types of information to be stored with the identifier.

8 . A processing device comprising:

a processor;

a memory including instructions for the processor; and

a bus connecting the processor and the memory, the instructions further comprising:

instructions for creating a personalized identifier for a system resource based on received input, the personalized identifier being separate from a system resource identifier, and

instructions for indexing the system resource for searching based on the personalized identifier.

9 . The processing device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further comprise:

instructions for permitting a user to configure display characteristics of the personalized identifier.

10 . The processing device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further comprise:

instructions for permitting a user to configure display characteristics of the personalized identifier, wherein the display characteristics include at least one of a standard text display, a digital ink display, or a translated text display.

11 . The processing device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further comprise:

instructions for permitting a user to configure the processing device to display the personalized identifier for a system resource when a pointing device or a writing device hovers over a displayed representation of the system resource.

12 . The processing device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further comprise:

instructions for permitting the user to configure the processing device to translate the received input from a first language to a second language.

13 . The processing device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further comprise:

instructions for permitting the user to configure the processing device to recognize speech input or at least one stroke of digital ink included in the received input and to produce a recognized result.

14 . The processing device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further comprise:

instructions for permitting the user to configure the processing device to submit for recognition at least one stroke of digital ink included in the received input to a second processing device via a network and to store a recognized result received from the second processing device.

15 . A tangible machine-readable medium having instructions recorded thereon for at least one processor, the instructions comprising:

instructions for receiving at least one stroke of digital ink as a personalized identifier for a system resource of a processing device, the personalized identifier being separate from a system resource identifier; and

instructions for indexing the system resource for a searching operation based on the received at least one stroke of digital ink.

16 . The tangible machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the system resource includes a menu, a folder, a filename, a shortcut, or a textbox

17 . The tangible machine-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising:

instructions for recognizing the at least one stroke of digital ink and producing a recognition result; and

instructions for displaying the recognition result when a pointing device or a writing device hovers over a displayed representation of the system resource.

18 . The tangible machine-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising:

instructions for submitting a representation of the at least one stroke of digital ink to a remote processing device for recognition;

instructions for receiving and storing a recognition result from the remote processing device in response to submitting the representation of at least one stroke of digital ink; and

instructions for displaying the recognition result when a pointing device or a writing device hovers over a displayed representation of the system resource.

19 . The tangible machine-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising:

instructions for participating in recognizing the at least one stroke of the digital ink and storing a recognition result; and

instructions for participating in translating the recognition result from a first language to a second language to produce a translated result, wherein

the instructions for indexing the system resource for a searching operation based on the received at least one stroke of digital ink further comprises:

instructions for indexing the system resource for a searching operation based on the translated result.

20 . The tangible machine-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising:

instructions for participating in recognizing the at least one stroke of digital ink and storing a recognition result; and

instructions for submitting the recognition result to a remote processing device for translating from a first language to a second language to produce a translated result; and

instructions for receiving the translated result from the remote processing device and storing the translated result, wherein

the instructions for indexing the system resource for a searching operation based on the received at least one stroke of digital ink further comprise:

instructions for indexing the system resource for a searching operation based on the translated result.