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Method of recording receipt of shipped item

  • US 8,028,907 B2
  • Filed: 06/08/2010
  • Issued: 10/04/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of recording receipt of an item from a shipping or transportation service, said item comprising a product contained in a package, said package comprising an interface surface having disposed thereon coded data indicative of an identity of the item and of coordinates of a plurality of locations of the interface surface, the method including the steps of:

  • a recipient marking the interface surface using an optically imaging pen having a marking nib;

    sensing at least some of the coded data in the vicinity of the pen;

    generating indicating data using at least some of the sensed coded data, said indicating data comprising data regarding the identity of the item and positions of the pen relative to the interface surface; and

    transmitting the indicating data to a computer system, thereby causing the computer system to record receipt of said item by the recipient.

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