Patent ID: 9235768
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G06K,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing access to digitally published data, comprising: creating a note having at least a portion that is handwritten by a first user; creating a digital image of the note; converting handwriting of the note into a content access identifier that varies according to the portion that is handwritten by the first user, wherein a value for the content access identifier is determined by first subdividing the digital image of the note into a grid having a plurality of cells and determining individual values for each of the cells based on coordinates of each of the cells and a portion of handwriting therein and then combining the individual values to determine the value of the content access identifier, the individual values for each of the cells being a numeric array of frequency values corresponding to geometric characteristics of the portion of handwriting in each of the cells; associating the content access identifier with the digitally published data; and making the digitally published data available to a second user by making the note available to the second user.