Patent ID: 6982807

Claim:
A method of delivering a facsimile, including: providing a printed form for entering a message thereon using a sensing device, the printed form being generated by simultaneously printing user information and coded data on a media substrate, receiving, in a computer system, interaction data representing interaction of the sensing device with the coded data, the interaction data allowing the message to be electronically captured in the computer system; and transmitting the message to a designated recipient address for facsimile delivery, wherein the message is delivered with a reply number for sending a return message, the reply number being valid for a predetermined time only, wherein the sensing device comprises: (a) an image sensor adapted to capture images of at least some of the coded data when the sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the form; and (b) a processor adapted to: (i) identify at least some of the coded data from one or more of the captured images; (ii) determine an orientation, within the captured images, of at least some of the coded data; (iii) decode at least some of the coded data; and (iv) generate the interaction data using at least some of the decoded coded data.