Patent ID: 7856444

Claim:
A method of enabling users to perform a search, the method including, in a computer system: printing a search request form including information relating to a search request and coded data portions, the information and coded data portions being printed simultaneously, each coded data portion being indicative of a search parameter, at least some of the coded data portions being coincident with the information; receiving indicating data from a sensing device, the sensing device being responsive to movement of the sensing device relative to the search request form to sense at least some of the coded data portions and generate the indicating data, the indicating data being at least partially indicative of: the search parameter; and, an identifier, the identifier being stored in a store within the sensing device; determining, using the indicating data, the search parameter; performing, using the search parameter, a search operation; determining a printer associated with the identifier of the sensing device and, printing results of the search operation on the printer associated with the identifier of the sensing device.