Patent ID: 7720286

Claim:
A system for capturing an identifier, the system comprising: a capture interface configured to capture an electronic input defining a stroke through a plurality of concatenated regions, wherein each of the concatenated regions corresponds to a region of at least one identification pattern from which a position of a writing stylus on the at least one identification pattern is determinable, wherein the at least one identification pattern comprises a plurality of discontinuous regions each of which has a predetermined association with a character of an identifier associated with an object, wherein the identifier includes a modulus number with a character comprising a check digit, and wherein the stroke includes a plurality of portions through the concatenated regions such that each portion is referenced to a respective region of the identification pattern; and at least one processor in communication with the capture interface, wherein the processor is configured to determine the identifier based upon the regions of the at least one identification pattern to which portions of the stroke are referenced, and based upon the characters of the identifier associated with the respective regions, and wherein the at least one processor being configured to determine the identifier includes being configured to identify the check digit, and determine if the identifier is known and proper based upon the identified check digit.