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US 2002/0154327 A1Published application
Incorporating data in hardcopy correspondence
OwnerMichael J. Jonesinventor
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Abstract
A hardcopy medium is produced having an image or graphic printed on one side of the medium and an encoded digital file printed on the other side to provide enhanced communication between users.
Claims33
Apparatus that prints user specified material on a hardcopy medium having at least two sides, comprising:
- an image processor that inputs and corrects at least one user specified image into a processed image digital file;
- an encoder that converts a user specified digital file into a pattern;
- and
- a printing device coupled to said image processor and coupled to said encoder to print said user specified image from said processed image digital file on a first side of the hardcopy medium and print said pattern as a plurality of machine readable marks on a second side of the hardcopy medium.
1 more element
A method of creating user specified material on a hardcopy medium having at least two sides, comprising the steps of:
- accepting at least one image file;
- encoding a user selected digital file;
- printing an image from said accepted at least one image file on a first surface of the hardcopy medium;
- and
- printing said encoded file as a plurality of machine readable marks on a second surface of the hardcopy medium.
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A correspondence medium having at least two visible surfaces, comprising:
- a user-selected image disposed on a first visible surface of the correspondence medium;
- a postal frank disposed on a second visible surface of the correspondence medium;
- and
- user-selected data, encoded in the form of machine-readable marks, disposed on said second visible surface of the correspondence medium and spaced apart from said postal frank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.