Patent ID: 7857201

Claim:
A method of copying, using a substrate, object data to a clipboard of a graphical user interface operating system, the substrate having a graphical representation of a plurality of objects printed thereon, the substrate also having coded data thereon, the coded data identifying a plurality of locations on the substrate, the coded data also identifying a layout of the graphical representation, the method including the steps of: receiving, from a sensing device and in a computer system, indicating data, the indicating data describing a gestural movement of the sensing device relative to the substrate, the indicating data also identifying the layout of the graphical representation, the sensing device, when moved relative to the substrate, adapted to read at least some of the coded data and generate, from at least some of the coded data, the indicating data; retrieving, using the indicating data, the layout of the graphical representation; determining, from the retrieved layout and the gestural movement described by the indicating data, one or more objects selected by the sensing device; retrieving, in the computer system and using the indicating data, object data corresponding to the one or more objects; and copying the object data to the clipboard.