Custom drawings as content access identifiers

摘要

Providing access to digitally published data includes creating a note having at least a portion that is handwritten by a first user, converting handwriting of the note into a content access identifier that varies according to the portion that is handwritten by the first user, associating the content access identifier with the digitally published data, and making the digitally published data available to a second user by making the note available to the second user. The digitally published data may be written to a public database and/or a private database. A portion of the note may be pre-printed. A pre-printed distinguishing pattern on the note may indicate that handwritten content corresponds to a content access identifier. The pre-printed portion may be a regular dotted pattern. The note may have a known identifiable color and size.

主权项

1. A method of providing access to digitally published data, comprising:
creating a note having at least a portion that is handwritten by a first user; creating a digital image of the note; converting handwriting of the note into a content access identifier that varies according to the portion that is handwritten by the first user, wherein a value for the content access identifier is determined by first subdividing the digital image of the note into a grid having a plurality of cells and determining individual values for each of the cells based on coordinates of each of the cells and a portion of handwriting therein and then combining the individual values to determine the value of the content access identifier, the individual values for each of the cells being a numeric array of frequency values corresponding to geometric characteristics of the portion of handwriting in each of the cells; associating the content access identifier with the digitally published data; and making the digitally published data available to a second user by making the note available to the second user.