METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING INFORMATION USING A HANDHELD DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for sending information to a data processing apparatus for identification of a document having the information using a handheld device capable of communicating with the data processing apparatus, the handheld device having a memory, the method comprising:
- capturing with the handheld device information from a document, wherein the information comprises actual data from the document;
storing the captured information in the memory of the handheld device;
establishing a communications path between the handheld device and the data processing apparatus;
sending the stored captured information from the handheld device to the data processing apparatus through the communications path; and
the data processing apparatus identifying the document using the captured information.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for sending information to a data processing apparatus for identifying a document to share with a recipient. A handheld device is capable of communicating with the data processing apparatus. Information is captured from the document and stored in the handheld device as document data. A communications path is established between the handheld device and the data processing apparatus. The document data is sent to the data processing apparatus through the communications path. Reference documents are provided. Each reference document has reference data stored in a memory. At least a portion of the received document data is extracted as scanning data. The reference data is retrieved from the memory. The scanning data is compared with the reference data. When the scanning data matches at least a portion of the reference data of one of the reference documents, the one reference document is selected as the identified document for forwarding to the recipient.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for sending information to a data processing apparatus for identification of a document having the information using a handheld device capable of communicating with the data processing apparatus, the handheld device having a memory, the method comprising:
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capturing with the handheld device information from a document, wherein the information comprises actual data from the document;
storing the captured information in the memory of the handheld device;
establishing a communications path between the handheld device and the data processing apparatus;
sending the stored captured information from the handheld device to the data processing apparatus through the communications path; and
the data processing apparatus identifying the document using the captured information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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