Patent ID: 7859699
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: B41J,G06F,G06K,G06Q,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a message that is intended to be sent to a destination, comprising: sending a page identity to a printer unit, said page identity being indicative of an address that corresponds to the destination; printing on a sheet of paper, using the printer unit, a position-coding pattern superimposed with said address, said position-coding pattern and said address being printed simultaneously by said printer unit; generating digital ink, comprising a sequence of strokes, by writing on the sheet of paper with an optically imaging pen, the pen being capable of detecting positions on the sheet of paper by reading the position-coding pattern; recording the page identity from the printed sheet using the pen; and generating the message using the digital ink and the address obtained from the page identity.