Patent Document ID: 20060267965
Application ID: 11138847
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A system for capturing an identifier, the system comprising: a capture interface capable of capturing an electronic input defining a stroke through a plurality of concatenated regions, wherein each of the concatenated regions corresponds to a region of at least one identification pattern from which a position of a writing stylus is capable of being determined, wherein the at least one identification pattern comprises a plurality of regions that are each associated with a character of an identifier associated with the object, and wherein the stroke includes a plurality of portions through the concatenated regions such that each portion is referenced to a respective region of the identification pattern; and at least one processing element in communication with the capture interface, wherein the processing element is capable of determining the identifier based upon the regions of the at least one identification pattern to which portions of the stroke are referenced, and based upon the characters of the identifier associated with the respective regions.