Patent ID: 7174329
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: B41J,B42C,B42P,B65H,G06F,G06K,G06Q,G09B,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling a user to search stored information via a search request form, the form including at least one search field for inputting a handwritten search request and a plurality of coded data marks, each coded data mark containing coded data indicative of an identity of the form and of a respective location within the at least one search field, the method comprising the steps of: inputting a handwritten search request in the at least one search field using a sensing device; receiving in a computer system indicating data from the sensing device, the indicating data comprising data regarding the identity of the form and data regarding the position and/or movement of the sensing device relative to the at least one search field, the sensing device generating the indicating data using the coded data contained in a plurality of the coded data marks within the at least one search field when writing the handwritten search request; and identifying in the computer system, using at least some of the indicating data, a search request corresponding to the handwritten search request.