Patent ID: 7542160

Claim:
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed on one or more processors of a digital transmitter device, direct the digital transmitter device to perform a method comprising: composing a digital image from an optically scanned image at the digital transmitter device; detecting predetermined indicia in the digital image, wherein the detecting further comprises locating a portion of the digital image corresponding to the predetermined indicia, wherein the portion includes a bar code; receiving a handwriting image, comprising a manually entered signature, at a touch sensitive input device of the digital transmitter device corresponding to the detected predetermined indicia in the digital image; forming the received handwriting image into the digital image as a substitute for the detected predetermined indicia in the digital image; performing a validation routine of the handwriting image against an access control database; and when the result of the validation routine is positive, outputting a rendering of the digital image.