Forms for completion with an electronic writing device
AssigneeThe Invention Science Fund I, LLC
InventorsAlexander J. Cohen, Edward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr.
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Abstract
Embodiments include an article of manufacture, apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, an article of manufacture includes a display surface that includes a machine-distinguishable form identifier keyed to an electronic version of the form and at least two fields. Each field of the at least two fields respectively includes a unique machine-distinguishable field identifier keyed to a field of the electronic version of a form, a content area that accepts a hand-formed entry, and a unique user-understandable field identifier.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- receiving an information handwritten on a handwriting region of a surface that includes at least one handwriting region, each handwriting region of the at least one handwriting region respectively displaying a unique user-recognizable identifier and including a unique machine-distinguishable identifier;
- generating a content signal indicative of the handwritten information;
- generating a label signal indicative of a unique machine-distinguishable identifier established for the handwriting region;
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- distributing a representation of the handwritten information to a data recipient in response to the label signal.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a display surface that includes a machine-distinguishable form identifier keyed to an electronic version of the form and at least two fields,
- each field of the at least two fields respectively having a unique machine-distinguishable field identifier keyed to a field of the electronic version of a form, a content area that accepts a hand-formed entry, and a unique user-understandable field identifier.
A system comprising:
- a non-transitory article of manufacturer comprising:
- a display surface that includes a machine-distinguishable form identifier keyed to an electronic version of the form and at least two fields,
- each field of the at least two fields respectively having a unique machine-distinguishable field identifier keyed to a field of the electronic version of a form, a content area that accepts a hand-formed entry, and a unique human-understandable field name;
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- a computer program product including:
- (a) program instructions operable to perform a process m a computer system, the process comprising:
- receiving a document signal indicative of the machine-distinguishable form identifier keyed to an electronic version of a form;
- receiving an element signal indicative of the unique machine-distinguishable field identifier of a field of the at least two fields;
- receiving a mark signal indicative of a hand-formed entry in the content area of the field of the form;
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- distributing a representation of the hand-formed entry to the electronic version of a form;
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- (b) a computer-readable signal-bearing medium bearing the program instructions.
A non-transitory device comprising:
- means for generating a document signal indicative of a real-world form having at least one field, each field of the form respectively having a unique machine-distinguishable identifier and a content area;
- means for generating an element signal indicative of the unique machine-distinguishable field identifier for a field of the at least one field;
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- means for generating a mark signal indicative of a hand-formed entry in the content area of the field of the form.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a real-world form keyed to an electronic version of the form and a display surface having at least one field, each field of the at least one field respectively having a unique machine-distinguishable field identifier keyed to a field of the electronic version of a form, a content area that accepts a hand-formed entry, and a unique user-understandable field identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.