Embedded interaction code document

• US 20060190818A1
• Filed: 02/18/2005
• Published: 08/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Jiang, Wang, Jian, Chen, Liyong, Liu, Youjun
• Granted Patent: US 7,607,076 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/171 by use of digital ink

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses that synchronize a paper document to an associated digital document by establishing a mapping. An embedded interactive code (EIC) Document is created as a digital file that serves as an intermediate tier between the paper document and the digital document. Both the paper document and the EIC document are generated while printing the paper document. The EIC document records the corresponding EIC array allocations and a unique document identification number. An image capturing pen may generate a stroke on any page of paper document. With the EIC document, the methods and apparatuses inform an application the page and location on the page of the stroke.

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium for processing an electronic document and having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:

(A) receiving a first request for creating an embedded interaction code (EIC) document, the first request containing a document address of a corresponding digital document;

(B) obtaining the corresponding digital document;

(C) creating the EIC document, including;

(i) embedding, within the EIC document, a document identification as metadata in an EIC pattern; and

(ii) allocating, within the EIC document, an EIC array allocation, the EIC array allocation containing a mapping of document pages to the EIC pattern, the document pages corresponding to printed pages of a corresponding paper document; and

(D) returning the EIC document with the EIC array allocation.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising:

(E) receiving a second request to save the EIC document; and

(F) saving the EIC document.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising:

(E) receiving a third request to retrieve the EIC document, the third request containing the document identification;

(F) using the document identification to retrieve the EIC document; and

(G) returning the EIC document.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising:

(E) embedding the document identification in the EIC pattern.

5. A computer-readable medium for processing an electronic document and having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:

(A) generating a first request to create an embedded interaction code (EIC) document, the first request containing a document address of a corresponding digital document; and

(B) receiving the EIC document, the EIC document containing;

(i) an embedded document identification as metadata in an EIC pattern; and

(ii) an EIC array allocation, the EIC array allocation containing a mapping of document pages to the EIC pattern, the document pages corresponding to pages of a corresponding paper document.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 5, further comprising:

(C) generating a second request to print the corresponding paper document, the corresponding paper document containing the EIC pattern with a pagination corresponding to the EIC array allocation.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 5, further comprising:

(C) updating the EIC document with at least one stroke object, each stroke object being associated with an EIC document object.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 7, further comprising;

(D) generating a second request to save the EIC document.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 5, further comprising:

(C) defining at least one EIC document object, each of the at least one EIC document object being associated with a corresponding region of the corresponding paper document and a digital document object of the corresponding digital document; and

(D) delegating the at least one EIC document object to the EIC document.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising:

(E) determining a position of at least one field on the corresponding paper document; and

(F) mapping the at least one field to the at least one EIC document objects.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising:

(G) creating a stroke object from a stroke, the stroke object containing stroke data for the stroke.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein (G) comprises:

(i) binding the stroke object to one of the at least one EIC document objects.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 5, wherein a paper document is associated with the corresponding digital document, the method further comprising:

(C) mapping a region of the corresponding paper document to an EIC command control object, the EIC command control object being associated with a corresponding application command.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, further comprising:

(D) processing the corresponding application command in response to an image capturing pen tip touching the region of the corresponding paper document.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the command information is selected from the group consisting of a command identification, a command parameter, a command control region, and a command transformation.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, further comprising:

(H) creating another stroke object for another stroke and binding the other stroke object to said one of the at least one EIC document object.

17. An apparatus that processes an electronic document, comprising:

an embedded interaction code (EIC) renderer module that obtains an EIC document corresponding to the electronic document, wherein the EIC document includes an EIC array allocation;

a low layer module that receives stroke information from an image capturing pen, wherein a stroke is generated in relation to a paper document is associated with the electronic document; and

a high layer module that obtains the stroke information from the low layer module and that maps the stroke to an associated EIC document object.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising:

an application module that interfaces with the high layer module and that synchronizes the stroke to a portion of the paper document using the EIC array allocation.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the application module further instructs a printer to print the paper document that includes an associated EIC pattern.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising:

an apparatus module that maps a region of the paper document with an EIC command control object, wherein the EIC command control object is associated with a corresponding application command.