Method and system for creating and sending handwritten or handdrawn messages
DCFirst Claim
1. A real-time electronic messaging system comprising:
- (a) a server component operable on a server computer on a network with a real-time messaging server for receiving an electronic message sent from a sender and sending it to a recipient to whom it is addressed, (b) a remote client device for the sender connectable to the server computer through an online data connection to the network, and a client component operable on the remote client device for setting up a graphical data capture area in a visual interface of the remote client device, said client component including a graphical input device that is operatively coupled to the graphical data capture area for allowing the user to enter handwritten or handdrawn input through the graphical input device, and for capturing the handwritten or handdrawn input as graphical data and sending it as an electronic message to the server component via the network for sending to the recipient addressed, and (c) at least another remote client device for the recipient connectable to the server computer through an online data connection to the network, having a utility for receiving the electronic message sent to the recipient by the server component and viewing it as a handwritten or handdrawn message.
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Abstract
A real-time electronic messaging system, and related method, employs a remote client device with a handwriting client component that sets up a graphical data capture area in the device visual interface and employs a graphical input device for allowing a sender to input a handwritten or handdrawn message. The handwriting client component captures the handwritten or handdrawn input, converts it to an electronic message, and sends it online to a recipient. The remote client device is connected online via a network to a real-time messaging server which sends the message to the remote client device for the recipient. In preferred versions, the remote client device can be a wireless PDA, always-on pager or messaging device, or mobile phone with SMS or EMS service.
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1. A real-time electronic messaging system comprising:
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(a) a server component operable on a server computer on a network with a real-time messaging server for receiving an electronic message sent from a sender and sending it to a recipient to whom it is addressed, (b) a remote client device for the sender connectable to the server computer through an online data connection to the network, and a client component operable on the remote client device for setting up a graphical data capture area in a visual interface of the remote client device, said client component including a graphical input device that is operatively coupled to the graphical data capture area for allowing the user to enter handwritten or handdrawn input through the graphical input device, and for capturing the handwritten or handdrawn input as graphical data and sending it as an electronic message to the server component via the network for sending to the recipient addressed, and (c) at least another remote client device for the recipient connectable to the server computer through an online data connection to the network, having a utility for receiving the electronic message sent to the recipient by the server component and viewing it as a handwritten or handdrawn message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A real-time electronic messaging method comprising:
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(a) providing a graphical data capture area in a visual interface operable in a client component of a remote client device having an online connection to a network, and a graphical input device operatively coupled to the graphical data capture area for allowing a user to enter handwritten or handdrawn input;
(b) composing an handwritten or handdrawn message on the remote client device for a sender via the graphical data capture area and graphical input device, capturing it as graphical data, and sending it as an electronic message via a network to a server component operable on a server computer; and
(c) receiving via a real-time messaging server on the server computer an electronic message sent from a sender and sending it to a remote client device for a recipient to whom it is addressed. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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