Patent ID: 6681045
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: B41J,B42C,B42P,B43K,B65H,C09D,G06F,G06K,G06Q,G07D,H04N,H04W,Y02D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of supporting a user in performing a notebook activity using a printed form containing:information relating to a notebook activity; coded data indicative of an identity of the form and of a plurality of reference points of the form, the information and coded data of the form having been printed substantially simultaneously, the method including the steps of: receiving, in a computer system, indicating data from a sensing device operated by the user, the indicating data being indicative of the identity of the form and of a position of the sensing device relative to the form, the indicating data having been generated by the sensing device using at least some of the coded data it sensed when placed in an operative position relative to the form; and identifying in the computer system, and from the indicating data, at least one parameter relating to the notebook activity.