US 12,147,620 B2
Contextual data link mode stylus communications
Shoham Dekel, Tel Aviv (IL); and Assaf Bar-Ness, Ness Ziona (IL)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/067,078.
Prior Publication US 2024/0201803 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/038 (2013.01) [G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/04162 (2019.05); G06F 3/04166 (2019.05); G06F 3/0442 (2019.05); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04807 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of managing electrostatic communications between a digitizer of a computing device and an input device including multiple electrostatic antennas, the method comprising:
detecting an indication of a data-linkable context for the input device;
transitioning communication between the digitizer of the computing device and the input device from a user interface mode to a data link mode, based at least in part on the detecting; and
communicating between the input device and the digitizer in the data link mode via the multiple electrostatic antennas of the input device, based at least in part on the transitioning.