Patent ID: 8244074

Claim:
An electronic pen comprising: a generally elongated body; a writing element extending from the body; a writing detector module operable to generate information indicative of a hand driven movement of the writing element; a context detector module operable to generate information indicative of a content portion of a document proximate to the hand driven movement of the writing element, the information further including arbitrary content unrelated to the content portion of the document, the arbitrary content being indicative of an incidental element capable of distinguishing the document via an image capture device operable as the writing element moves, wherein the incidental element is proximate to the hand driven movement, the information further including additional content generated from the content portion of the document proximate to the hand driven movement of the writing element, wherein the additional content includes at least processed data from the information indicative of the content portion of the document proximate to the handwriting movement of the writing element; and an external transmitting sensor coupled to the body operable to transmit the information indicative of the hand-driven movement of the writing element.