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Creating electronic forms through digital watermarking

  • US 7,194,106 B2
  • Filed: 04/03/2003
  • Issued: 03/20/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of generating an electronic version of a printed document, wherein the printed document comprises steganographic indicia arranged at least to correspond to a first area and to a second area of the printed document, said method comprising:

  • receiving optical scan data corresponding to the printed document;

    analyzing the optical scan data to detect the steganographic indicia;

    based at least in part on detected steganographic indicia, generating an electronic version of the printed document including a first field corresponding to the first area and a second field corresponding to the second area,wherein the first field and the second field each facilitate user interaction with the electronic version of the printed document.

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