Machine-differentiatable identifiers having a commonly accepted meaning
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Abstract
Embodiments include an article of manufacture, apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, system is provided that includes at least two machine-differentiatable identifiers, each identifier of the at least two machine-differentiatable identifiers being respectively keyed to a data recipient and associatable with a hand-formed mark on a surface. The system also includes a commonly accepted meaning respectively associated by a group of users with each machine-differentiatable identifier of the at least two machine-differentiatable identifiers. The system may include a surface displaying the at least two machine-differentiatable identifiers. The system may include a surface displaying the at least two machine-differentiatable identifiers and the commonly accepted meaning respectively associated by a group of users with each machine-differentiatable identifier of the at least two machine-differentiatable identifiers.
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51 Claims
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30. A system comprising:
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an article comprising;
at least two graphical tags, each graphical tag of the at least two graphical tags respectively including a commonly accepted meaning by a group of human users, a machine-distinguishable identifier aspect keyable to a data recipient, and a user associability with a hand-formed mark on a surface; and
a computer program product including;
(a) program instructions operable to perform a process in a computer system, the process comprising;
receiving a signal indicative of the hand-formed mark on a surface;
receiving a signal indicative of a graphical tag associated by a user with the hand-formed mark, the graphical tag being selected from the at least two graphical tags; and
in response to the graphical tag associated by the user with the hand-formed mark, distributing data corresponding to the hand-formed mark to a data recipient keyed to the graphical tag; and
(b) a computer-readable signal-bearing medium bearing the program instructions.
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31. A system comprising:
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at least two graphical symbols that are machine-differentiatable and human-differentiatable, each graphical symbol of the at least two graphical symbols respectively corresponding to a data recipient and associatable with a hand-formed mark on a surface; and
a commonly accepted meaning respectively associated by at least two humans with each graphical symbol of the at least two graphical symbols. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method comprising:
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receiving data corresponding to a hand-formed mark on a surface;
receiving data corresponding to a graphical tag associated by a user with the hand-formed mark on a surface, the graphical tag having been selected by the user from among at least two graphical tags; and
in response to the graphical tag associated by a user with the hand-formed mark on a surface, distributing the data corresponding to the hand-formed mark on a surface to a data recipient keyed to the graphical tag. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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45. A device comprising:
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means for receiving data corresponding to a hand-formed mark on a surface;
means for receiving data corresponding to a graphical tag associated by a user with the hand-formed mark on a surface, the graphical tag having been selected by the user from among at least two graphical tags; and
means for distributing the data corresponding to the hand-formed mark on a surface to a data recipient keyed to the graphical tag in response to the graphical tag associated by a user with the hand-formed mark on a surface. - View Dependent Claims (46)
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47. A first method comprising:
performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions relating to the second method, wherein the second method includes;
receiving data corresponding to a hand-formed mark on a surface;
receiving data corresponding to a graphical tag associated by a user with the hand-formed mark on a surface, the graphical tag having been selected by the user from among at least two graphical tags; and
distributing the data corresponding to the hand-formed mark on a surface to a data recipient keyed to the graphical tag in response to the graphical tag associated by a user with the hand-formed mark on a surface. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51)
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