Method and system for creating a document having metadata

• US 7,397,468 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2002
• Issued: 07/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pitney Bowes Incorporated (Böwe Systec AG)
• Original Assignee: Pitney Bowes Incorporated (Böwe Systec AG)
• Inventors: Coffy, Jean-Hiram, Braun, John F., Rojas, John W., Norris, James R., Parkos, Arthur, Leung, Alan, Leung, Wendy Chui Fen
• Primary Examiner(s): Hjerpe; Richard
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KIMNHUNG T
• Application Number:
  US10/065,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20040061690A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,108 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 345/179, 382313-315
• US Class Current: 345/179
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0321 by optically sensing the absolute position with respect to a regularly patterned surface forming a passive digitiser, e.g. pen optically detecting position indicative tags printed on a paper sheet constructional details of pen-shaped pointing devices G06F3/03545, G06F3/03542, G06F3/037
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus

Abstract

The present application describes systems and methods for creating a document having metadata using a pointing device such as a digital pen. In one configuration, a digital pen captures pen stroke data and processes that data to determine metadata that the pen then writes to metadata storage located on the document.

Claims

1. A method for associating metadata with a document having a metadata dynamic read-write storage device attached to the document comprising:

initializing a pointing instrument for capturing pen stroke data using the document;

processing pen stroke data in a normal data capture mode using the document;

recognizing a metadata mode;

then capturing pen stroke metadata data using the pointing instrument using the document;

sending the metadata data to a processor;

then receiving processed metadata created using the metadata from the processor; and

then storing the processed metadata in the dynamic read-write metadata storage device that is completely attached to a portion of a surface of the document, wherein the processed metadata includes text data, further comprising;

receiving a process metadata command, wherein the pointing instrument is a digital pen and wherein a user uses the digital pen and the document to generate the process metadata command; and

assigning a unique serial number to the metadata, wherein;

the metadata storage device comprises an rf-id tag and wherein a transceiver within the digital pen is utilized to program the dynamic read-write metadata storage device and wherein the digital pen is brought into proximity of the rf-id tag during the programming.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the metadata data comprises pen stroke data captured using the digital pen and the document from a predefined area of the document.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the metadata includes biometric data.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing an e-copy of the document strokes to the metadata storage device.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the metadata data is pen stroke data captured from a first subset of all pen strokes made on the document.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the metadata storage device comprises an integrated circuit.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the document comprises a piece of paper.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the document comprises a spiral bound book.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

cryptographically processing the metadata using authentication data.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

discontinuing capturing metadata data after sufficient data to create a biometric signature is obtained.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

cryptographically processing the metadata.