Business card with coded marks as electronic mail token
First Claim
1. A method of enabling a first user to record in a computer system, using a business card of a second user, an electronic mail address of the second user, the business card including coded data indicative of the identity of the business card and of at least one reference point of the business card, the coded data comprising a plurality of substantially undifferentiated marks positioned relative to a set of predetermined nominal mark positions and the method including the steps ofreceiving, in the computer system, indicating data from a sensing device regarding the identity of the business card and at least one of a position and a movement of the sensing device relative to the business card, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the business card, sensing at least some of the coded data and generating the indicating data using at least some of the sensed coded data;
- identifying, in the computer system and from the indicating data, a request to record the electronic mail address of the second user; and
recording, in the computer system at a location accessible to the first user, the electronic mail address of the second user.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of enabling a first user to record in a computer system, using a business card of a second user, an electronic mail address of the second user, the business card including coded data indicative of the identity of the business card and of at least one reference point of the business card, the method including the steps of: receiving, in the computer system, indicating data from a sensing device regarding the identity of the business card and a position of the sensing device relative to the business card, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the business card, sensing the indicating data using at least some of the coded data; identifying, in the computer system and from the indicating data a request to record the electronic mail address of the second, user; and recording, in the computer system at a location accessible to the first user, the electronic mail address of the second user.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of enabling a first user to record in a computer system, using a business card of a second user, an electronic mail address of the second user, the business card including coded data indicative of the identity of the business card and of at least one reference point of the business card, the coded data comprising a plurality of substantially undifferentiated marks positioned relative to a set of predetermined nominal mark positions and the method including the steps of
receiving, in the computer system, indicating data from a sensing device regarding the identity of the business card and at least one of a position and a movement of the sensing device relative to the business card, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the business card, sensing at least some of the coded data and generating the indicating data using at least some of the sensed coded data; -
identifying, in the computer system and from the indicating data, a request to record the electronic mail address of the second user; and
recording, in the computer system at a location accessible to the first user, the electronic mail address of the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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3. A method of enabling a first user to record in a computer system, using a business card of a second user, an electronic mail address of the second user, the business card including coded data indicative of a request to record the electronic mail address of the second user, the coded data comprising a plurality of substantially undifferentiated marks positioned relative to a set of predetermined nominal mark positions and the method including the steps of
receiving, in the computer system, data from a sensing device operated by the first user regarding the request and regarding at least one of a movement and a position of the sensing device relative to the business card, the sensing device, when moved relative to the business card, sensing the data regarding the request and generating the data regarding at least one of the movement and the position of the sensing device of the sensing device relative to the business card using at least some of the coded data; -
interpreting, in the computer system, at least one of the movement and the position of the sensing device as designating the request; and
recording, in the computer system at a location accessible to the first user, the electronic mail address of the second user. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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4. A method of enabling a first user to record in a computer system, using a business card of a second user, an electronic mail address of the second user, the business card including coded data indicative of a request to record the electronic mail address of the second user, the coded data comprising a plurality of substantially undifferentiated marks positioned relative to a set of predetermined nominal mark positions and the method including the steps of
receiving, in the computer system, from a sensing device operated by the first user, indicating data regarding the request, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the business card, sensing at least some of the coded data and generating the indicating data using at least some of the sensed coded data; -
interpreting, in the computer system, the indicating data as designating the request; and
recording, in the computer system at a location accessible to the first user, the electronic mail address of the second user.
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5. A method of enabling a first user to record in a computer system, using a business card of a second user, an electronic mail address of the second user, the business card including coded data indicative of a request to record the electronic mail address of the second user, the coded data comprising a plurality of substantially undifferentiated marks positioned relative to a set of predetermined nominal mark positions and the method including the steps of
receiving, in a computer system, data from a sensing device regarding an identity of the first user and regarding the request, the sensing device containing data regarding the identity of the first user and sensing the data regarding the request using at least some of the coded data; -
interpreting, in the computer system from the data regarding the identity of the first user and the data regarding the request, the request to record the electronic mail address of the second user; and
recording, in the computer system at a location accessible to the first user, the electronic mail address of the second user. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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16. A system for enabling a first user to record in a computer system, using a business card of a second user, an electronic mail address of the second user, the business card including coded data indicative of the identity of the business card and of at least one reference point of the business card, the coded data comprising a plurality of substantially undifferentiated marks positioned relative to a set of predetermined nominal mark positions, the system including
a computer system for receiving indicating data from a sensing device for identifying a request to record the electronic mail address of the second user, the indicating data being indicative of the identity of the business card and at least one of a position and a movement of the sensing device relative to the business card, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the business card, sensing at least some of the coded data and generating the indicating data using at least some of the sensed coded data, the computer system being configured to record the electronic mail address of the second user at a location accessible to the first user.
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19. A system for enabling a first user to record in a computer system, using a business card of a second user, an electronic mail address of the second user, the business card including coded data indicative of a request to record the electronic mail address of the second user, the coded data comprising a plurality of substantially undifferentiated marks positioned relative to a set of predetermined nominal mark positions, the system including
a computer system for receiving data from a sensing device operated by the first user, the data from the sensing device regarding the request and regarding at least one of a movement and a position of the sensing device relative to the business card, the sensing device, when moved relative to the business card, generating the data regarding at least one of the movement and the position of the sensing device relative to the business card, the sensing device also sensing the data regarding the request using at least some of the coded data, the computer system being configured to interpret at least one of the movement and the position as designating the request, and being configured to record the electronic mail address of the second user at a location accessible to the first user.
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20. A system for enabling a first user to record in a computer system, using a business card of a second user, an electronic mail address of the second user, the business card including coded data indicative of a request to record the electronic mail address of the second user, the coded data comprising a plurality of substantially undifferentiated marks positioned relative to a set of predetermined nominal mark positions, the system including
a computer system for receiving indicating data from a sensing device operated by the first user, the indicating data regarding the request, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the business card, sensing at least some of the coded data and generating the indicating data using at least some of the sensed coded data, the computer system being configured to interpret the indicating data as designating the request, and being configured to record the electronic mail address of the second user at a location accessible to the first user.
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21. A system for enabling a first user to record in a computer system, using a business card of a second user, an electronic mail address of the second user, the business card including coded data indicative of a request to record the electronic mail address of the second user, the coded data comprising a plurality of substantially undifferentiated marks positioned relative to a set of predetermined nominal mark positions, the system including
a computer system for receiving data from a sensing device regarding an identity of the first user and regarding the request, the sensing device containing the data regarding the identity of the first user and sensing the data regarding the request using at least some of the coded data, the computer system being configured to record the electronic mail address of the second user at a location accessible to the first user.
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