EP0866397A1
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System for capturing and retrieving audio data and corresponding hand-written notes
Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp
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Filing: 1998-03-20
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-03-20
Abstract
Abstract An electronic notebook (10) assigns properties to digital ink of note marks (30) and keywords to digital pages. The properties indicate the type of note mark and the keywords indicate general content of the note marks on a digital page. The notebook also synchronizes audio data with the note marks and permits audio highlighting. The electronic notebook provides an updatable database of note marks and audio that is capable of being searched based on the properties, keywords, and audio highlights.
Inventors
- 👤 Lynn D. Wilcox
- 👤 William N. Schilit
- 👤 Nitin Sawhney
- 👤 Joseph W. Sullivan
- 👤 Timothy W. Bickmore
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 17:11
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0487; G06F3/0488; G06F3/04883; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/11; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/34
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
69 words
A digital note-taking system, comprising: a pen-based interactive display adapted to receive
pen-based input; a processor in communication with the pen-based
interactive display and responsive to the pen-based input
for generating at least one note mark comprising digital
ink for display on the pen-based interactive display,
wherein the digital ink comprises at least one property;
and a storage device in communication with the processor
for storing the digital ink.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
27 words
The digital note-taking system of claim 1, wherein the
processor assigns at least one note mark to a digital page,
wherein the digital page comprises identifying keywords.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The digital note-taking system of claim 2, wherein the
digital page comprises at least one property specifying
region.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
The digital note-taking system of claim 2 or claim 3,
wherein the processor is responsive to a user inputted
query that identifies a keyword for searching the storage
device and for generating a digital page comprising at
least one note mark from a digital page that comprises the
identified keyword.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The digital note-taking system of any of claims 2 to
4, wherein the digital page comprises a background.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The digital note-taking system of any of claims 2 to
5, wherein the processor is responsive to a pen-based input
comprising a horizontal line gesture to generate a digital
page.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
66 words
The digital note-taking system of any of claims 2 to
6, further comprising a browsing window that lists at least
one digital page along with the date of creation of the
digital page, date of modification of the digital page, at
least one icon identifying the property associated with the
digital ink on the digital page and at least one keyword
associated with the digital page.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The digital note-taking system of any of claims 2 to
7, further comprising a query window for generating a query
based on at least one of a keyword and property.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
The digital note-taking system of any of the preceding
claims, further comprising: an audio input device in communication with the
processor and responsive to audio for generating audio
data, wherein the processor designates at least one
highlighted audio data portion.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The digital note-taking system of claim 9, wherein the
audio data and the digital ink further comprise time data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The digital note-taking system of claim 9 or claim 10,
wherein the storage device stores the at least one
highlighted audio data portion.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
The digital note-taking system of any of claims 9 to
11, wherein the processor is adapted to compress at least
one non-highlighted audio portion and wherein the storage
device stores the compressed at least one non-highlighted
audio portion.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The digital note-taking system of any of claims 9 to
12, wherein the pen-based interactive display comprises an
audio data time line.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
The digital note-taking system of claim 13, wherein
the audio data time line indicates the at least one
highlighted audio data portion.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
The digital note-taking system of any of claims 9 to
14, wherein the at least one note mark corresponds to the
at least one highlighted audio data portion.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
38 words
The digital note-taking system of claim 15, wherein
the correspondence of the at least one note mark to the at
least one highlighted audio data portion is indicated to
the user on the display with thicker line width.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
The digital note-taking system of any of claims 9 to
16, further comprising an audio output device in
communication with the processor.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
The digital note-taking system of claim 17, wherein
the processor modifies the at least one highlighted audio
data portion for output through the audio output device.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
27 words
The digital note-taking system of any of claims 9 to
18, wherein the processor designates the at least one
highlighted audio data portion based upon user input.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
33 words
The digital note-taking system of any of claims 9 to
19, wherein the processor designates the at least one
highlighted audio data portion by processing the audio data
with a speaker segmentation algorithm.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
27 words
The digital note-taking system of any of the preceding
claims, wherein the at least one property is indicated to
the user on the display with a color.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
29 words
The digital note-taking system of any of the preceding
claims, wherein the at least one property is one of the set
comprising: action item, name, calendar item and URL.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
49 words
The digital note-taking system of any of the preceding
claims, wherein the processor is responsive to a user
inputted query that identifies a property for searching the
storage device and for generating a digital page comprising
at least one note mark having digital ink that comprises
the identified property.
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