Capture and link object
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1. A method of capturing an object and linking the object to a print medium, the method including:
- capturing the object via a digital camera, a video camera or an audio recorder;
storing the object in a virtual clipboard;
designating an attach button on the print medium using an optically imaging sensing device, the print medium being provided with a two-dimensional coded data pattern, the coded data pattern identifying the print media identifier and a two-dimensional coordinate grid;
subsequently designating, using the sensing device, a zone of the print medium for association of the object;
reading, using the sensing device, the print media identifier and a coordinate location from the coded data pattern;
submitting a request from the sensing device to associate the object with the zone of the print medium, said request identifying the object, the print media identifier and the coordinate location;
wherein, the association of the object, the print media identifier and the coordinate location is recorded in a database, the object being retrievable from the database using the print media identifier.
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Abstract
A method of capturing an object and linking the object to a print medium, the method including: capturing the object; and submitting a request to associate the object with a print media identifier of the print medium, submission of the request facilitating identification of the object and the print media identifier; wherein, the association of the object and the print media identifier is recorded in a database, the object retrievable from the database using the print media identifier.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of capturing an object and linking the object to a print medium, the method including:
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capturing the object via a digital camera, a video camera or an audio recorder; storing the object in a virtual clipboard; designating an attach button on the print medium using an optically imaging sensing device, the print medium being provided with a two-dimensional coded data pattern, the coded data pattern identifying the print media identifier and a two-dimensional coordinate grid; subsequently designating, using the sensing device, a zone of the print medium for association of the object; reading, using the sensing device, the print media identifier and a coordinate location from the coded data pattern; submitting a request from the sensing device to associate the object with the zone of the print medium, said request identifying the object, the print media identifier and the coordinate location; wherein, the association of the object, the print media identifier and the coordinate location is recorded in a database, the object being retrievable from the database using the print media identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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