Product item having first coded data and random pattern

• US 7,806,342 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2006
• Issued: 10/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): St. Cyr; Daniel
• Application Number:
  US11/488,167
• Publication Number:
  US 20070017991A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,540 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/487, 235/494, 235/380, 235/382, 235/385
• US Class Current: 235/494
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/04 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06009 with optically detectable marking G06K19/063, G06K19/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06046 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G09C 5/00 Ciphering apparatus or methods not provided for in the preceding groups, e.g. involving the concealment or deformation of graphic data such as designs, written or printed messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/805 Lightweight hardware, e.g. radio-frequency identification [RFID] or sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/321 involving a third party or a trusted authority
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3247 involving digital signatures

Abstract

An object comprising first coded data and a random pattern disposed on or in a surface thereof is provided. The first coded data identifies a plurality of fiducials on the surface and the random pattern defines at least one fingerprint for the object.

Claims

1. A system for composition and transmission of an e-mail message to a recipient address via a computer system, said system comprising:

(A) a computer system configured for;

receiving an instruction to print an e-mail form;

allocating a unique form identity to said e-mail form in response to receiving said instruction such that every e-mail form printed has a unique form identity allocated thereto, said form identity being arbitrarily allocated from a plurality of predetermined identities;

associating said form identity with a description of said e-mail form; and

sending print data, including said form identity, to a printer connected to said computer system

(B) a printer configured for;

rendering a tag layer and a CMYK layer in parallel using the print data received from the computer system, said tag layer comprising coded data identifying said form identity and a plurality of locations;

printing the tag layer and the CMYK layer simultaneously onto a substrate to generate the printed e-mail form, the printed e-mail form comprising;

graphic e-mailing information and the coded data; and

(C) an optically imaging pen configured for writing on the form, sensing the coded data, generating interaction data using the sensed coded data, and sending the interaction data to the computer system such that said computer system can interpret the interaction data and identify the e-mail message, with reference to said description of said e-mail form, wherein the interaction data comprises data regarding the identity of the form and a plurality of pen locations relative to the form.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a recipient address is converted from hand-written indicia on the form to an electronic form of the address to facilitate transmission.

3. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least part of the e-mail message as applied to the form is converted from hand-written indicia or alpha-numerals to electronic equivalents.

4. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least part of the e-mail message as applied to the form is converted from hand-written indicia, alpha-numerals, diagrams, figures, or the like, to an electronic form which substantially preserves the format and appearance of the relevant part of the message.

5. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least part of the e-mail message is transmitted to the recipient address as digital ink.

6. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the e-mail message is delivered at the recipient address in the form of a second document containing the e-mail message.

7. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a user addresses the e-mail message to the recipient address by selecting a name from a list on the e-mail form using the pen.

8. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein interaction data comprises movement data regarding movement of the pen relative to the document.

9. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pen includes an identification code specific to a particular user and the interaction data comprises pen identity data.

10. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the printer comprises a processor for generating dot data for the coded data using a page description received from the computer system, the page description including the graphic e-mailing information and a form identity.

11. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the printer comprises a processor for generating dot data for the coded data and dot data for the graphic e-mailing information together.

12. A system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the printer is configured for printing the graphic e-mailing information and the coded data onto the substrate at substantially the same time using the dot data generated by the processor.

13. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the printed coded data is substantially invisible in the visible spectrum.