Apparatus and method for record keeping and information distribution
OwnerMichael Irl Rabininventor
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Abstract
A method of capturing data having the steps of writing on a form with a pen to leave an image on the form, scanning the written image as the written image is being written, and storing the scanned written image in a specific data field. A method of capturing an input, including written information, sounds and images includes the steps of specifying a data field by touching a pen tip to a data-field-specific area on a form; supplying the input; electronically capturing the input and associating the input with the specified data field. An information capturing system, includes a pen, the pen including a writing tip and a position transducer to determine the position of the writing tip relative to a form.
Claims17
An information capturing system, comprising:
- a printed paper form having a plurality of unique printed data fields, each field containing a written message;
- a handheld writing device having a scanner component and a means for identifying each of said unique printed data fields;
- a communication means connected to said handheld writing device;
- a computer system connected to said communication means, said computer system having a processing algorithm and a database file with a plurality of fields;
- wherein said handheld writing device scanner is configured to scan the surface of said printed paper form and capture one of said written messages from one of said unique printed data fields and convert the message into a first data packet, the means for identifying each of said unique printed data fields identifies the field scanned and attaches an identifier to the first data packet, and the handheld device transmits said first data packet and identifier through said communication means to said computer system;
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- wherein said computer system applies said processing algorithm to said first data packet and said identifier, chooses one of said plurality of database file fields based upon said identifier and populates said chosen database file field with said first data packet.
A method for capturing information, comprising the steps of:
- providing a printed paper form having a plurality of unique printed data fields, each field containing a written message;
- providing a handheld writing device having a scanner component and a means for identifying each of said unique printed data fields;
- providing a communication means connected to said handheld writing device;
- providing a computer system connected to said communication means, said computer system having a processing algorithm and a database file with a plurality of fields;
- scanning the surface of said printed paper form with said scanner;
- capturing one of said written messages from one of said unique printed data fields by said scanning;
- converting the message into a first data packet;
- identifying the field scanned with the handheld device means for identifying;
- said means for identifying further attaching an identifier to the first data packet;
- the handheld device transmitting and said first data packet and identifier through said communication means to said computer system;
- said computer system applying said processing algorithm and thereby processing said first data packet and said identifier;
- choosing one of said plurality of database file fields based upon said processing;
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- and populating said chosen database file field with said first data packet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.