METHOD OF CAPTURING NOTE-TAKING SESSION USING INTERACTIVE NOTEPAD

• US 20080042991A1
• Filed: 10/02/2007
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul
• Application Number:
  US11/866,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20080042991A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 13/106 for the sheet output section
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17513 Inner structure
• CPC Class Codes: B42C 19/02 starting with single sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B42C 9/0006 by applying adhesive to a stack of sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B42C 9/0081 applying adhesive to individual sheets for binding them together by fusing, welding B42C9/0093
• CPC Class Codes: B42P 2261/04 Producing books by printing sheets in following order, e.g. for ordering via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 29/34 from supports slid from under the articles
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 37/04 for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching or stapling adhering replacement to expiring web during change of web roll B65H19/18
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/085 involving remote charge determination or related payment systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/19 by sensing codes defining pattern positions
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/225 based on a marking or identifier characterising the area
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1423 the instrument generating sequences of position coordinates corresponding to handwriting preprocessing or recognising digital ink G06V30/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 : Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 : specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 : Services making use of location information

Abstract

A method is provided of capturing, in a computer system, data relating to a note-taking session using an interactive notepad. In the method, the computer system receives: a session start indication indicated by interaction of a writing implement with coded data of a control portion of the notepad; data indicative of handwritten annotations made on a note-taking portion of the notepad using the writing implement; and a session end indication indicated by interaction of the writing implement with the control portion coded data, and in response to receiving the indication of the session end and without user intervention, the method prints a session end page indicating a start and/or end time of the session. The control portion coded data is indicative of a reference point(s) in the control portion, and the note-taking portion includes coded data indicative of a reference point(s) in the note-taking portion.

Claims

1. A method of capturing, in a computer system, data relating to a note-taking session using an interactive notepad, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, in the computer system, an indication of the start of the note-taking session indicated by interaction of a writing implement with coded data of a control portion of the notepad, the coded data being indicative of at least one reference point in the control portion;

receiving, in the computer system, data indicative of handwritten annotations made on a note-taking portion of the notepad using the writing implement, the note-taking portion including coded data indicative of at least one reference point in the note-taking portion;

receiving, in the computer system, an indication of the end of the note-taking session indicated by interaction of the writing implement with the coded data of the control portion; and

in response to receiving the indication of the end of the note-taking session and without user intervention, printing a note-taking session end page indicating at least one of a start time and an end time of the note-taking session.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the coded data comprises non-barcode coded data.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein each page of the note-taking portion of the notepad includes coded data indicative of an identity of that page, said writing implement being configured to detect the coded data indicative of the identity of each page interacted with.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein said control portion comprises at least one control zone, the computer system receiving an indication that said writing implement has interacted with the at least one control zone.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein said at least one control zone includes a zone associated with the start of the note-taking session, and said indication of the start of the note-taking session is provided by the computer system receiving an indication that said writing implement has interacted with said zone.

6. A method according to claim 4, wherein said at least one control zone includes a zone associated with the end of the note-taking session, and said indication of the end of the note-taking session is provided by the computer system receiving an indication that said writing implement has interacted with said zone.

7. A method according to claim 4, wherein said at least one control zone includes a zone associated with a request to print the note-taking session, the computer system receiving an indication that said writing implement has interacted with said zone.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein said writing implement includes a writing nib associated with a sensor for sensing nib contact with the notepad.