Paper identification information to associate a printed application with an electronic application
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- printing a hardcopy representation of an electronic application on a paper having a printed pattern thereon, the hardcopy representation having identification information to associate the hardcopy representation with the electronic application;
recording one or more edits made with a pen on the hardcopy representation by recording movements of the pen with respect to the printed pattern; and
automatically sending the one or more edits made on the hardcopy representation, via wireless transmission, to a computer system.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for taking an electronic application programs such as, for example, PowerPoint, Outlook, Windows, and Word of Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Wash., and printing them on a piece of paper having a preprinted pattern thereon, thereby creating a hardcopy representation. The hardcopy representation of the application includes identification information (e.g., a unique ID). The identification information associates the application printed on the page with the preprinted pattern on the paper. Using a special pen, edits may be made to the hardcopy representation. The pen records these edits and sends the updates to a computer system automatically. In response to the receiving the edits, the computer system updates the electronic application automatically.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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printing a hardcopy representation of an electronic application on a paper having a printed pattern thereon, the hardcopy representation having identification information to associate the hardcopy representation with the electronic application;
recording one or more edits made with a pen on the hardcopy representation by recording movements of the pen with respect to the printed pattern; and
automatically sending the one or more edits made on the hardcopy representation, via wireless transmission, to a computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25)
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14. A method comprising:
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printing a hardcopy representation of an electronic application on a paper having a printed pattern thereon, the hardcopy representation having identification information to associate the hardcopy representation with the electronic application;
recording the identification information with the pen prior to making the one or more edits;
recording one or more edits made with a pen on the hardcopy representation by recording movements of the pen with respect to the printed pattern;
automatically sending the one or more edits made on the hardcopy representation, via wireless transmission, to a computer system; and
incorporating the one or more changes into the electronic version of the hardcopy representation automatically without end user intervention through the use of a pen/paper interface.
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24. An article of manufacture comprising one or more recordable media with executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a system, cause the system to:
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print a hardcopy representation of an electronic application on a paper having a printed pattern thereon, the hardcopy representation having identification information to associate the hardcopy representation with the electronic application;
record one or more edits made with a pen on the hardcopy representation by recording movements of the pen with respect to the printed pattern; and
automatically send the one or more edits made on the hardcopy representation, via wireless transmission, to a computer system.
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