Using handwritten information
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1. A method comprising receiving handwriting data electronically from a remote user at a handwritten-information server, and processing the handwriting data in accordance with instructions provided to the server by the user.
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Abstract
Handwriting data is received electronically from a remote user at a handwritten-information server, and the handwriting data is processed in accordance with instructions provided to the server by the user, e.g. by forwarding the handwriting data to a specified destination identified by the user.
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1. A method comprising
receiving handwriting data electronically from a remote user at a handwritten-information server, and processing the handwriting data in accordance with instructions provided to the server by the user.
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11. A method comprising
using a tracker attached to a mobile personal digital assistant having wireless communication capability, tracking handwriting done on a writing surface in the vicinity of the personal digital assistant, sending handwriting data representing the handwriting wirelessly from the personal digital assistant to a server, and providing services to a user from the server with respect to the handwriting data.
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12. A method comprising
storing, in a server, handwriting information provided wirelessly from mobile devices, and communicating the handwriting to destinations based on instructions provided by users.
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13. A method comprising
storing in a server handwriting information received wirelessly from mobile devices, and providing an interactive user interface on a screen of a mobile device to enable a user to control functions applied to the handwriting information.
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14. A method comprising
capturing handwriting of a name of an addressee of a message as handwriting data representing motion that occurred during the handwriting, communicating the handwriting data to a server, at the server, determining the name from the handwriting data using information stored in a database.
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18. A method comprising
from a server, communicating handwriting data to remote user devices, the handwriting data for each of the devices being formatted according to display capabilities of the remote user device.
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19. A method comprising
receiving at a server handwriting data representing a signature of a user of a remote device, verifying the signature based on handwriting data associated with the user and stored on the server, and authorizing a transaction based on the verification of the signature.
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26. A method comprising
receiving and storing at a server handwriting information that is created by users at remote locations and communicated electronically to the server, electronically performing services with respect to the stored information, and charging the users for the services performed.
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27. A method comprising
receiving, at a server, handwriting data from a pen and a pen identifier, storing, at a server, an indication that the pen is in the possession of a person not authorized to use it, and in response to the received handwriting data and pen identifier, determining that the pen is not being used by an authorized person, and taking an action in accordance with the result of the matching.
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28. A method comprising
receiving electronic handwriting data created by a user'"'"'s handwriting, receiving instructions indicating visible qualities to be associated with respective portions of the handwriting, and manifesting the handwriting in a visible form in which each of the respective portions of the handwriting is manifested in accordance with the indicated visible qualities.
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31. A method comprising
associating unique identifiers with respective electronic handwriting devices that are useful in generating handwriting data, in a server, storing the handwriting data and storing associations between the unique identifiers of the devices and registered unique identifiers of respective users, and at the server, controlling use of the handwriting data based on matching stored pairs of user identifiers and device identifiers to confirm that the purported user of a device used to generate the handwriting data is the registered user of the device.
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32. Apparatus comprising
a mobile electronic device that includes a communication facility configured to communicate with a remote location, and a tracking facility configured to track handwriting motion of a stylus on a surface in a vicinity of the mobile electronic device.
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