2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hand-written information corresponds to information written on the user device by the user wanting to send a message, create a scheduled reminder, or store a checklist or note, and wherein the automatically performing the action comprises at least one of: generating and sending a messaging service message or an e-mail message to at least one recipient identified by the one or more hand-written characters; creating a scheduled reminder based on information included in the one or more hand-written characters; and creating and storing a checklist or note based on information included in the one or more hand-written characters.
1. A method comprising: receiving, by an application server, from a user device communicatively coupled via a communication network to the application server, data storing hand-written information obtained from a user of the user device; identifying, by the application server, a first gap in the received data storing the hand-written information and a second gap in the received data storing the hand-written information, the second gap being subsequent to the first gap; processing, by the application server, in response to the identifying of the second gap, a portion of the received data storing the hand-written information that is between the first gap and the second gap to identify one or more hand-written characters included in the portion of the received data that is between the first gap and the second gap; determining, by the application server, based on the identified one or more hand-written characters, whether the identified one or more characters include a command for initiating an action across the communication network; and responsive to determining that the identified one or more characters include the command, automatically performing, by the application server, the action identified by the command included in the one or more hand-written characters across the communication network.