Patent ID: 6991154

Claim:
A method for enabling collaborative document markup between participants via a document markup form, the form containing information relating to the document markup and coded data indicative of an identity of the document markup form and of a plurality of map references of the document markup form, the method comprising the steps of: receiving in a computer system indicating data from a sensing device operated by a participant involved in the collaborative document markup session, the indicating data including data regarding the identity of the document markup form and a position of the sensing device relative to the document markup form, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the document markup form, generating the indicating data using at least some of the coded data; identifying in the computer system, using the indicating data, at least one parameter relating to the document markup session; and providing at least one other participant, remote from the participant, with at least one document markup form containing information representative of the at least one parameter.