Methods, Apparatus and Software for Validating Entries Made on a Form
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1. A method of filling in a form comprising using a digital pen to enter data into data entry areas of the form, and providing error feedback to the user contemporaneously with filling in the form, said error feedback being indicative of the user entering a non-allowable entry in said data entry area.
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A method of filling in a form comprising using a digital pen to enter data into data entry areas of the form (64), and providing error feedback to the user (69) contemporaneously with filling in the form, said error feedback being indicative of the user entering a non-allowable entry in said data entry area.
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- 1. A method of filling in a form comprising using a digital pen to enter data into data entry areas of the form, and providing error feedback to the user contemporaneously with filling in the form, said error feedback being indicative of the user entering a non-allowable entry in said data entry area.
- 5. A computer implemented method of checking the allowability of data entered into a data entry area of a form by a digital pen, comprising using a processor which runs software which operates on data input from said digital pen to determine whether said data is allowable for the specific data entry area, and said software causing said processor to generate an electronic error signal if said data is non-allowable, there being a communication pathway from said processor to said user to communicate a human discernible error signal, responsive to said electronic error signal, and wherein said error signal is generated using the communication pathway from said processor that includes said pen.
- 13. Software for use with digital pen-acquired data, which when run on a processor, is adapted to operate on said pen-acquired data to determine whether said pen-acquired data is allowable for an electronic data entry field into which said pen-acquired data has been entered and to generate an electronic error signal when non-allowable data is determined, said software being adapted to cause said digital pen to provide a user-discernible alarm to the user.
- 15. A pen having marking capturing means adapted to capture handwritten markings in digital format, and also having a processor, a memory, software installed on said processor, or held in memory and installable on said processor, and a component adapted to provide signals that can be perceived by human senses, said software being adapted to cause said component to produce a human-discernible alarm signal based on an electronic alarm signal pursuant to the determination of non-allowable entries being made in a data entry area of a form.
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18. A system for providing a human-discernible alert to a user of a digital pen when filling in a form, the system comprising:
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a digital pen; a processor; software; and a component for providing said human-discernible alert; wherein said software is run by said processor to determine whether a non-allowable entry has been made on the form, and if a non-allowable entry is determined by said software, said processor provides said component with a signal to provide the user with said human-discernible alert. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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