Method and system for submitting bids using coded forms
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1. A method of enabling an auction buyer to submit a bid, the method including the steps of:
- providing the auction buyer with a printed paper form containing visible information relating to a bid transaction, and also including invisible coded data indicative of at least one parameter of the bid transaction and of a plurality of reference points of the form, the coded data identifying a unique location of each of the reference points relative to the form wherein the visible information and the invisible coded data are printed substantially simultaneously and wherein at the time of printing a computer system associates the type and spatial extent of the coded data with the spatial extent of at least some of the visible information;
receiving, in a computer system, data from a sensing device regarding said at least one parameter and regarding movement of the sensing device relative to the form, the sensing device, when moved relative to the form, sensing the data regarding said at least one parameter using at least some of the coded data and generating the data regarding its own movement relative to the form; and
interpreting, in the computer system, said movement of the sensing device as it relates to said at least one parameter.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed which relate to submitting auction bids via interface surfaces printed with information and coded data. The coded data, encoded visibly or invisibly, may be queried by an appropriate sensing device. The sensing device communicates with a computer system. Together, the interface surfaces, sensing device and computer system are capable of effecting auction bid transactions over a network.
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1. A method of enabling an auction buyer to submit a bid, the method including the steps of:
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providing the auction buyer with a printed paper form containing visible information relating to a bid transaction, and also including invisible coded data indicative of at least one parameter of the bid transaction and of a plurality of reference points of the form, the coded data identifying a unique location of each of the reference points relative to the form wherein the visible information and the invisible coded data are printed substantially simultaneously and wherein at the time of printing a computer system associates the type and spatial extent of the coded data with the spatial extent of at least some of the visible information; receiving, in a computer system, data from a sensing device regarding said at least one parameter and regarding movement of the sensing device relative to the form, the sensing device, when moved relative to the form, sensing the data regarding said at least one parameter using at least some of the coded data and generating the data regarding its own movement relative to the form; and interpreting, in the computer system, said movement of the sensing device as it relates to said at least one parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for enabling an auction buyer to submit a bid, the system including:
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a printed paper form containing invisible information relating to a bid transaction, and also including invisible coded data indicative of at least one parameter of the bid transaction and of a plurality of reference points of the form, the coded data identifying a unique location of each of this reference points relative to the form; and a computer system for receiving data from a sensing device regarding said at least one parameter and regarding movement of the sensing device relative to the form, and for interpreting said movement of the sensing device as it relates to said at least one parameter, the sensing device, when moved relative to the form, sensing the data regarding said at least one parameter using at least some of the coded data and generating the data regarding its own movement relative to the form, wherein the visible information and the invisible coded data are printed substantially simultaneously and wherein at the time of printing the computer system associates the type and spatial extent of the coded data with the spatial extent of at least some of the visible information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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