Patent ID: 7225402

Claim:
A method of capturing, in a computer system, data relating to a note-taking session, the session consisting of handwritten annotations made by a user by way of a writing implement on a plurality of pages, the method including the steps of: receiving, in the computer system and via the writing implement, an indication of the start of the note-taking session; receiving, in the computer system and via the writing implement, data indicative of said handwritten annotations made by said user on said plurality of pages; receiving, in the computer system and via the writing implement, an indication of the end of the note-taking session; retaining a retrievable record of the received data for the note-taking session; and in response to the received indication of the end of the note-taking session and without further user intervention printing a note-taking session end page indicating a start time and an end time of the note-taking session.