Patent ID: 7930642

Claim:
A system comprising: a physical document interface configured to receive a physical document having a surface including a plurality of document data items, such that at least a portion of said surface of the physical document is visible to a user; a device comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions executable by the device to implement an application, wherein the application is executable to display a user interface including a plurality of application data items; wherein each of the plurality of data items is selectable via the user interface, wherein, in response to selection of a given one of the application data items via the user interface, the device is configured to cause the physical document interface to visibly indicate a location on said surface of the physical document that includes one of the document data items corresponding to the one of the application data items selected via the user interface of the application, wherein said physical document interface is further configured to receive input data from said physical document and to communicate said input data to said device, wherein to receive input data from said physical document, said physical document interface is further configured to scan optical data from said surface of said physical document, and wherein in response to said user selecting a particular area of said surface of said physical document, said application is further configured to indicate to said user one or more particular application data items corresponding to said particular area of said surface of said physical document.