Patent ID: 7933037

Claim:
A system for sending an e-mail message comprising: a printed form having a plurality of location-indicating tags printed thereon, each tag containing coded data identifying a location of the tag on the form and an identity of the form; an optically imaging pen for writing a message on the form, said optically imaging pen comprising: a marking nib for writing a handwritten message on the form; an image sensor for imaging at least some of said tags when writing said message on said form; and a processor for computing positions of the nib using the coded data contained in said imaged tags, an inferred multiple degree-of-freedom perspective transform of the imaged tags and a known geometry of pen optics; and a computer system for receiving indicating data generated by said processor, said indicating data comprising data indicative of the identity of the form and the positions of the nib relative to the form in order to allow the e-mail message to be electronically captured in the computer system, and thereby enabling the computer system to initiate sending of the e-mail message to a designated recipient address.