Appeal No. 2005-0052
Application No. 09/192,014
interface tags which are affixed to the documents. A document
with an affixed user interface tag is scanned and the user
interface tag, which contains user identification and service
information, is located in the scanned image. The user interface
tag is decoded to retrieve identity and service codes and the
service is subsequently performed for the particular user.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for processing a document based on
information in a user interface tag, comprising the steps
of:
scanning the document to produce an image
representative of the document;
locating the user interface tag in the image;
decoding data represented in the user interface tag;
associating the data with a service and a user
identity; and
performing the specified service on the image
representative of the document.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Barton et al. (Barton) 5,998,752 Dec. 07, 1999
(filed Mar. 16, 1998)
Irons 6,192,165 Feb. 20, 2001
(filed Dec. 30, 1997)
“Xerox touts DataGlyphs for paper data,”
Seybold Report on Desktop Publishing, 9(5), at
http://www.seyboldseminars.com/seybold_reports/D0905001.HTM (last
visited Dec. 6, 2001)(hereinafter referred to as “Xerox”).
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