Forms for completion with an electronic writing device
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving an information handwritten on a handwriting region of a surface that includes at least one handwriting region, each handwriting region of the at least one handwriting region respectively displaying a unique user-recognizable identifier and including a unique machine-distinguishable identifier;
generating a content signal indicative of the handwritten information;
generating a label signal indicative of a unique machine-distinguishable identifier established for the handwriting region; and
distributing a representation of the handwritten information to a data recipient in response to the label signal.
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Abstract
Embodiments include an article of manufacture, apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, an article of manufacture includes a display surface that includes a machine-distinguishable form identifier keyed to an electronic version of the form and at least two fields. Each field of the at least two fields respectively includes a unique machine-distinguishable field identifier keyed to a field of the electronic version of a form, a content area that accepts a hand-formed entry, and a unique user-understandable field identifier.
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37 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an information handwritten on a handwriting region of a surface that includes at least one handwriting region, each handwriting region of the at least one handwriting region respectively displaying a unique user-recognizable identifier and including a unique machine-distinguishable identifier;
generating a content signal indicative of the handwritten information;
generating a label signal indicative of a unique machine-distinguishable identifier established for the handwriting region; and
distributing a representation of the handwritten information to a data recipient in response to the label signal.
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2. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a display surface that includes a machine-distinguishable form identifier keyed to an electronic version of the form and at least two fields, each field of the at least two fields respectively having a unique machine-distinguishable field identifier keyed to a field of the electronic version of a form, a content area that accepts a hand-formed entry, and a unique user-understandable field identifier. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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13. A system comprising:
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an article of manufacturer comprising;
a display surface that includes a machine-distinguishable form identifier keyed to an electronic version of the form and at least two fields, each field of the at least two fields respectively having a unique machine-distinguishable field identifier keyed to a field of the electronic version of a form, a content area that accepts a hand-formed entry, and a unique human-understandable field name; and
a computer program product including;
(a) program instructions operable to perform a process in a computer system, the process comprising;
receiving a document signal indicative of the machine-distinguishable form identifier keyed to an electronic version of a form;
receiving an element signal indicative of the unique machine-distinguishable field identifier of a field of the at least two fields;
receiving a mark signal indicative of a hand-formed entry in the content area of the field of the form; and
distributing a representation of the hand-formed entry to the electronic version of a form; and
(b) a computer-readable signal-bearing medium bearing the program instructions.
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14. A method comprising:
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generating a document signal indicative of a form having at least one field, each field of the form respectively having a unique machine-distinguishable identifier and a content area;
generating an element signal indicative of the unique machine-distinguishable field identifier for a field of the at least one field; and
generating a mark signal indicative of a hand-formed entry in the content area of the field of the at least one field. - View Dependent Claims (15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A device comprising:
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means for generating a document signal indicative of a real-world form having at least one field, each field of the form respectively having a unique machine-distinguishable identifier and a content area;
means for generating an element signal indicative of the unique machine-distinguishable field identifier for a field of the at least one field; and
means for generating a mark signal indicative of a hand-formed entry in the content area of the field of the form. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. (canceled)
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