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US 6,714,678 B2Granted
Method and system for note taking using sensor with identifier
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsPaul Lapstun, Kia Silverbrook, Jacqueline Anne Lapstun
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Abstract
A method and system for enabling handwritten note taking and retrieval, whereby a user is able to electronically capture, manage and search notes handwritten on paper by the user using one or more forms printed on paper and using a sensing device which senses coded data included in the printed forms.
Claims47
A method of enabling handwritten note taking and retrieval, the method including the steps of:
- providing a user with at least one form printable on a surface, the form containing information relating to a notebook activity and including coded data indicative of an identity of the form and of at least one reference point of the form;
- receiving, in a computer system, indicating data from a sensing device operated by said user, said indicating data regarding the identity of the form and at least one of a position and a movement of the sensing device relative to the form, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the form, sensing at least some of the coded data and generating at least part of the indicating data from the sensed coded data;
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- identifying in the computer system and from the indicating data, at least one parameter relating to the notebook activity,
- wherein the sensing device is further adapted to store a sensing device identifier which is adapted to distinguish the sensing device from other sensing devices of the same type.
2 more elements
A method of enabling handwritten note taking and retrieval, the method including the steps of:
- providing a user with at least one form printable on a surface, said form containing information relating to a notebook activity and including coded data indicative of at least one parameter of the notebook activity;
- receiving, in a computer system, data from a sensing device operated by said user regarding said at least one parameter and regarding at least one of movement and position of the sensing device relative to said form, the sensing device, when moved relative to said form, sensing the data regarding said at least one parameter using at least some of the coded data and generating the data regarding at least its own movement and its own position relative to said form;
- and
- interpreting, in the computer system, at least one of said movement and said position of the sensing device as it relates to said at least one parameter,
- wherein the sensing device is further adapted to store a sensing device identifier which is adapted to distinguish the sensing device from other sensing devices of the same type.
2 more elements
A method of enabling handwritten note taking and retrieval, the method including the steps of:
- providing a notebook user with a form including coded data indicative of an identity of said form;
- receiving, in a computer system, data from a sensing device regarding an identity of the user and regarding the identity of said form, the sensing device adapted to contain the data regarding the identity of the user and adapted to sense the data regarding the identity of said form using at least some of the coded data;
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- identifying, in the computer system and from the data regarding the identity of the user and the identity of the form, a notebook activity,
- wherein the sensing device is further adapted to store a sensing device identifier which is adapted to distinguish the sensing device from other sensing devices of the same type.
2 more elements
A system for enabling handwritten note taking and retrieval, the system including:
- at least one form printable on a surface, said form containing information relating to a notebook activity and including coded data indicative of an identity of said form and of at least one reference point of said form;
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- a computer system for receiving indicating data from a sensing device operated by a user involved in the notebook activity, said indicating data regarding the identity of said form and at least one of a position and a movement of the sensing device relative to said form, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to said form, sensing at least some of the coded data and generating at least part of the indicating data from the sensed coded data,
- said computer system including means for identifying, from the indicating data, at least one parameter relating to the notebook activity,
- wherein the sensing device is further adapted to store a sensing device identifier which is adapted to distinguish the sensing device from other sensing devices of the same type.
2 more elements
A system for enabling handwritten note taking and retrieval, the system including:
- at least one form printable on an interactive surface, said form containing information relating to a notebook activity and including coded data indicative of at least one parameter of the notebook activity;
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- a computer system for receiving data from a sensing device operated by the notebook user, said data regarding at least one of a movement and a position of the sensing device relative to said form, and for interpreting at least one of said movement and said position of the sensing device as it relates to said at least one parameter,
- the sensing device, when moved relative to said form, sensing the data regarding said at least one parameter using at least some of the coded data, and generating the data regarding at least one of its own movement and its own position relative to said form,
- the sensing device being further adapted to store a sensing device identifier which is adapted to distinguish the sensing device from other sensing devices of the same type.
2 more elements
A system for enabling handwritten note taking and retrieval, the system including:
- a form including coded data indicative of an identity of the form;
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- a computer system for receiving from a sensing device data regarding an identity of a notebook user and the identity of said form, and for identifying, from said received data, a notebook activity,
- the sensing device:
- (a) containing the data regarding the identity of the user,
- (b) sensing the data regarding the identity of the form using at least some of the coded data, and
- (c) being adapted to store a sensing device identifier which is adapted to distinguish the sensing device from other sensing devices of the same type.
4 more elements
The system of claim 44, wherein the sensing device is adapted to store the sensing device identifier in a read-only memory in the sensing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.