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US 2004/0061690 A1Published application
Method and system for creating a document having metadata
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsJohn F. Braun, John W. Rojas, James R. Norris, Jean-Hiram Coffy, Arthur Parkos, Alan Leung, Wendy Chui Fen Leung
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Abstract
The present application describes systems and methods for creating a document having metadata using a pointing device such as a digital pen. In one configuration, a digital pen captures pen stroke data and processes that data to determine metadata that the pen then writes to metadata storage located on the document.
Claims8
A method for associating metadata with a document having a metadata storage device comprising:
- initializing a pointing instrument;
- recognizing a metadata mode;
- sending metadata data to a processor;
- receiving metadata from the processor;
- and
- storing the metadata in the metadata storage device.
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