Patent attributes
A method for generating a message that is intended to be sent to a destination is provided. The method comprises: (i) sending a page identity to a printer unit, the page identity being indicative of an address that corresponds to the destination; (ii) printing on a sheet of paper, using the printer unit, a position-coding pattern and the address; (iii) generating digital ink, comprising a sequence of strokes, by writing on the sheet of paper with an optically imaging pen, the pen being capable of detecting positions on the sheet of paper by reading the position-coding pattern; (iv) recording the page identity from the printed sheet using the pen; and (v) generating the message using the digital ink and the address obtained from the page identity.
