Patent ID: 7382482

Claim:
A system for allowing a user to send an electronic mail message, the system including: a computer system for: determining information relating to sending a message; generating coded data, the coded data being indicative of at least one parameter relating to sending the message; determining a layout defining an arrangement for at least one of the coded data and the information, wherein at least some of the coded data and at least some of the information is coincident within the layout; causing printing of a form by causing printing of the coded data and the information, using the layout, wherein the coded data is invisible in the visible spectrum and the information is visible in the visible spectrum, and wherein at least some of the information is coincident with at least some of the coded data on the form; receiving indicating data from a sensing device the indicating data being at least partially indicative of the at least one parameter; determining, from the indicating data, the at least one parameter; and, sending the message using the at least one parameter; and the sensing device, wherein the sensing device is hand operable and includes: an image sensor adapted to capture images of at least some of the coded data when the sensing device is placed by a user holding the sensing device in an operative position relative to the form; and a processor adapted to: identify at least some of the coded data from one or more of the captured images; decode at least some of the coded data; and generate the indicating data using at least some of the decoded coded data.