Associating electronic documents, and apparatus, methods and software relating to such activities
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1. A method of associating a first electronic document with a second electronic document comprising:
- having a first physical paper identifier having a device readable coding, which codes for an identifier for said first electronic document, and;
reading said coding of said first electronic document with a device, to acquire information enabling said identity of said first electronic document to be established, and;
communicating that identity to a computer processor, and;
detecting a user gesture associating the identified first electronic document with the second electronic document, wherein the user gesture includes a user linking marker gesture performed with the device on at least a portion of a hardcopy of the identified first electronic document and on at least a portion of a hardcopy of the second electronic document; and
using said processor to associate said identified first electronic document with said second electronic document in response to the detected user gesture, wherein the associating includes the processor interpreting the user gesture on the hardcopies as instructions to link the first and second electronic documents.
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Abstract
A method of associating a first electronic document with a second electronic document comprising having a first physical paper identifier (130) having pen-readable coding (12) which codes for an identifier for the first electronic document, and reading the coding of the first electronic document with a pen (20) to acquire information enabling the identity of the first electronic document to be established, and communicating that identity to a computer processor (107), and using the processor (107) to associate the identified first electronic document with the second electronic document.
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1. A method of associating a first electronic document with a second electronic document comprising:
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having a first physical paper identifier having a device readable coding, which codes for an identifier for said first electronic document, and; reading said coding of said first electronic document with a device, to acquire information enabling said identity of said first electronic document to be established, and; communicating that identity to a computer processor, and; detecting a user gesture associating the identified first electronic document with the second electronic document, wherein the user gesture includes a user linking marker gesture performed with the device on at least a portion of a hardcopy of the identified first electronic document and on at least a portion of a hardcopy of the second electronic document; and using said processor to associate said identified first electronic document with said second electronic document in response to the detected user gesture, wherein the associating includes the processor interpreting the user gesture on the hardcopies as instructions to link the first and second electronic documents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for presenting to a user a visual representation of a combined document including at least some user readable content from a first paper document and at least some user readable content from a second paper document, said system comprising:
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a digital document linking device, said device having a position determining device adapted to acquire information to enable said position of said device to be determined, said position determining device being one of a position determining sensor and a camera; a first paper sheet having a first device-readable pattern to enable said device to acquire information from said first paper sheet to enable said position of said device in said first pattern to be determined; a second paper sheet comprising a paper document having a second device readable pattern to enable said device to acquire information from said second paper sheet to enable said position of said device in said second pattern to be determined, and there being an electronic equivalent document equivalent to said content of said second paper sheet; a computer processor adapted to process signals from said device; a communications link adapted to communicate said pen or device with said processor to enable said signals to be communicated to said processor, said signals including device acquired data capable of enabling said position of said device in said patterns to be identified; and wherein; said processor has software which when run is adapted to; identify said second electronic document equivalent to said content of said second document using second pattern-related data acquired by said device; to create a first electronic document representative of user-applied device movements, made on said first paper sheet when said user creates a first, written paper document on said first paper sheet; to interpret data derived from device movements performed by said user on said first and second paper sheets as linking instructions to create a link between said second electronic document and said first electronic document so as to enable a visual representation to be produced of said second paper document with said device created first paper document associated with it; and to act on said linking instructions so as to cause said first and second electronic documents to be so linked. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for presenting to a user a visual representation of a combined document including at least some user readable content from a first paper document and at least some user readable content from a second paper document, said system comprising:
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reading means for reading a first and second device-readable position-determining patterns on said first and second paper documents respectively to identify said position of said reading means on said paper documents, said reading means having a lighting means adapted to shine light onto said paper documents, a light receiving means adapted to receive light from said lighting means that has been reflected off said paper documents so as to acquire information to enable said position of said writing means on said paper documents to be determined, and a pressure sensing means, said reading means being adapted to acquire said information and determine when said pressure sensing means senses a reading pressure applied to said documents by reading means; a processing means adapted to process signals from said reading means; a communication means adapted to communicate said reading means with said processor to enable said signals to be communicated to said processing means, said signals including device-acquired data capable of enabling said position of said device in said patterns to be identified; an electronic equivalent to said user readable content of said second paper document, said electronic equivalent document being stored in memory accessible by said processor; and wherein; said processing means has software means which when run is adapted to; identify said second electronic document equivalent to said content of said second document using second pattern-related data acquired by said device; create a first electronic document representative of user-applied device movements made by said reading means on said first paper sheet when said user creates a first, written, paper document on said first paper sheet; to interpret data derived from movements made by said user on said first and second paper documents using said reading means as linking instructions to create a link between said second electronic document and said first electronic document so as to enable a visual representation to be produced of said second paper document with said device-created first paper document associated with it; and to act on said linking instructions so as to cause said first and second electronic documents to be so linked.
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28. A software for associating a first electronic document with a second electronic document, wherein a first physical paper identifier having device-readable coding codes for an identifier for said first electronic document, said software when run on a computer system performing a method comprising:
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reading said coding of said first electronic document with a device, to acquire information enabling said identity of said first electronic document to be established, and; communicating that identity to a computer processor, and; detecting a user gesture associating the identified first electronic document with the second electronic document, wherein the user gesture includes a user linking marker gesture performed with the device on at least a portion of a hardcopy of the identified first electronic document and on at least a portion of a hardcopy of the second electronic document; and using said processor to associate said identified first electronic document with said second electronic document in response to the detected user gesture, wherein the associating includes the processor interpreting the user gesture on the hardcopies as instructions to link the first and second electronic documents.
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