Method on a writing instrument having wireless communication capability

摘要

A writing instrument (e.g., a pen or stylus) is able to wirelessly receive a message, receive a responsive input from a user (either spoken or written using the writing instrument), convert the user input into text, and transmit the text in a first mode (if the responsive input is spoken) or in a second mode (if the responsive input is written). The first mode and the second modes may correspond, for example, to different recipient groups.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless network controller of a writing instrument, a message; receiving, by the writing instrument, an input of a response to the message, wherein the input includes speech or motion data generated by a motion sensor of the writing instrument, the motion data being indicative of characters written using the writing instrument; determining, by the writing instrument and based on the input, one or more of recipients of a response message, wherein the one or more recipients includes a first set of recipients when the input includes speech and a second set of recipients when the input includes motion data, the first set of recipients being different from the second set of recipients; responsive to determining that the input is speech, converting, by the writing instrument, the speech to text; responsive to determining that the input is the motion data, converting, by a motion-to-text engine executing on a processor of the writing instrument, the characters into text; generating, by the writing instrument and based on the text, the response message; and transmitting, by the wireless network controller, the response message to the one or more recipients.