Processing of documents
AssigneeAnoto Aktiebolag (Anoto AB)
InventorsPetter Ericson, Tomas Lundstrom
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Abstract
A document editing method includes transferring document information to a printing device capable of printing the document information on a surface coded with a position-coding pattern. Editing information is received from a reading device capable of reading position information from the position-coded surface.
Claims23
A method of editing a document, the method comprising:
- transferring document information to a printing device adapted to print the document information on a surface having a position-coding pattern;
- receiving editing information from a reading device adapted to read position information from the position-coded surface;
- interpreting the editing information;
- and
- changing the document information depending on an interpretation of the editing information, thereby resulting in an updated document.
A method for editing a document, the method comprising:
- transferring position-coding pattern information to a printing device adapted to print the position-coding pattern on a surface;
- transferring document information to the printing device adapted to print document information on the surface;
- receiving editing information from a reading device adapted to read position information from the position-coded surface;
- interpreting the editing information;
- and
- changing the document information based on an interpretation of the editing information, thereby resulting in an updated document.
A method according to claim I or 2, wherein the editing information includes position information related to a position of the reading device on the surface, and wherein the interpretation of the editing information includes interpretation of the position information.
A system for document editing, the system comprising:
- storage means for storing a document;
- means for transferring information from the document to a printing device capable of printing the information on a surface provided with a position-coding pattern;
- means for receiving editing information from a reading device adapted to read position information from a position-coded surface;
- means for interpreting the editing information;
- and
- means for changing the document information based on an interpretation of the editing information, thereby resulting in an updated document.
A system for document editing, the system comprising:
- storage means for storing a document;
- means for transferring position-coding pattern information to a printing device capable of printing the position-coding pattern on a surface;
- means for transferring information contained in the document to the printing device, the printing device being adapted to print the information on the surface;
- means for receiving editing information from a reading device adapted to read position information from a position-coded surface;
- means for interpreting the editing information;
- means for changing the document information based on an interpretation of the editing information, thereby resulting in an updated document.
A method of editing a document containing information, the method comprising:
- storing the document information in memory;
- printing the document information on a surface, wherein the surface contains a readable code contained thereon in addition to the printed document information;
- enabling an electronic pen to physically mark edit instructions on the surface and to electronically capture the edit instructions by reading the readable code proximate the marked edit instructions;
- receiving through a processor associated with the memory the edit instructions captured by the electronic pen;
- and
- altering the document information in memory to conform to the edit instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.