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Method of generating a second mail item in response to a first mail item

  • US 7,589,854 B2
  • Filed: 05/09/2005
  • Issued: 09/15/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of generating a second mail item in response to a first mail item, the first mail item comprising a printed interface surface having visible information and coded data printed thereon, the coded data being indicative of the identity of the first mail item and of a plurality of map locations on the surface, the method including the steps of:

  • receiving, in the computer system, indicating data from an optically imaging pen, the indicating data including data regarding the identity of the first mail item and data regarding a position of a nib of the pen relative to the printed surface, the pen generating the indicating data using at least some of the printed coded data optically sensed by the pen; and

    generating the second mail item using the indicating data from the pen.

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