Patent ID: 7331530

Claim:
A method of providing an electronic copy of at least a portion of a document comprising providing on said document at least one document identifying indicia, capable of identifying at least a portion of said document, said method comprising the following steps: i. providing an indicia reader capable of reading said at least one indicia on said document; ii. providing indicia data generation means arranged to receive data from said indicia reader and generate indicia data representative of said indicia; iii. reading said indicia with said indicia reader, providing said data to said indicia generation data means and generating indicia data representative of said indicia with said indicia data generation means; iv. providing document identification means capable of identifying at least a portion of said document from said indicia data; vii. identifying at least a portion of said document with said document identification means; viii. providing a document retrieval means arranged to obtain said document; and vii. obtaining an electronic copy of said document and/or portions thereof identified using said document retrieval means, wherein said indicia reader is capable of allowing a user to modify indicia data provided on said document.