Anonymous competition entry
First Claim
1. A method of providing anonymous entry to a competition via a printed competition entry form that includes machine-readable coded data, the coded data including a plurality of tags each encoding data on an identity of the printed form and the location of that tag on the printed form, the method including the steps, performed in a computer system, of:
- receiving, at the computer system, interaction data representing interaction of a pen sensing device with the tags of the coded data;
identifying, at the computer system, a digital description associated with the printed form from the form identity represented in the received interaction data and capturing a competition entry by determining locations in the digital description associated with the locations of the interacted tags represented in the received interaction data;
assigning, at the computer system, a competition alias identifier (ID) to the captured competition entry; and
transmitting, from the computer system, the competition entry to a competition administrator with the competition alias ID, thereby enabling the anonymous entry to the competition.
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Abstract
A method of enabling anonymous entry to a competition via a printed competition entry form that includes machine-readable coded data, the method including the steps, performed in a computer system, of: receiving interaction data representing interaction of a sensing device with the coded data, the interaction data enabling the competition entry to be electronically captured in the computer system; assigning a competition alias ID to the competition entry; and transmitting the competition entry to a competition administrator with the competition alias ID, thereby enabling the anonymous entry to the competition.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of providing anonymous entry to a competition via a printed competition entry form that includes machine-readable coded data, the coded data including a plurality of tags each encoding data on an identity of the printed form and the location of that tag on the printed form, the method including the steps, performed in a computer system, of:
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receiving, at the computer system, interaction data representing interaction of a pen sensing device with the tags of the coded data; identifying, at the computer system, a digital description associated with the printed form from the form identity represented in the received interaction data and capturing a competition entry by determining locations in the digital description associated with the locations of the interacted tags represented in the received interaction data; assigning, at the computer system, a competition alias identifier (ID) to the captured competition entry; and transmitting, from the computer system, the competition entry to a competition administrator with the competition alias ID, thereby enabling the anonymous entry to the competition. - 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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