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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1998
Gregory T. Nalder, Meridian, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A messaging device has a message reception component configured to receive a printable message from a message originator, and a printer that prints the received message and that also prints an origin identifier of the message originator on the print medium. After the message is printed, a user marks it up for reply to the message originator. The messaging device has an optical scanner and optical recognition logic that detects the origin identifier and that instructs the messaging device to send the annotated message back to the message originator. In addition, the optical recognition logic recognizes instructions written on handwritten cover sheets. By preparing such a cover sheet with handwritten instructions, a user can instruct the message device regarding various transmission parameters such as recipients and recipients' telephone or facsimile numbers.