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Mi-Co Announces Issuance and Licensing of U.S. Patent and Its Print on Demand Software at Anoto U.S. Seminar
Patent Demonstrates Mi-Co's Ongoing Culture of Innovation in the Use of Digital Ink
| Source: Mi-Co
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC and WASHINGTON, DC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 8, 2007 -- At an Anoto
partner seminar in Washington D.C. today, Mi-Co, the mobile data capture
software company, announced that it has licensed U.S. Patent 6,798,907 to
Rover Technology Fusions. Mi-Co also announced the beta availability of
its "print on demand" software for Anoto functionality digital pen
technology, via the Mi-Forms on Demand product.
Anoto technology allows users to capture and use digital ink when writing
with a digital pen on paper printed with special Anoto patterns. When the
digital pen is docked to a computer, then information from the pattern
allows for the conversion of the digital ink into text. Many Anoto
functionality applications use preprinted forms with these patterns. With
the Mi-Forms on Demand product, the specific form needed can be printed
right at the point of data capture making the process a real-time process
with data from the form interacting directly with the organization's back
end databases.
U.S. Patent 6,798,907 was awarded to Mi-Co for its invention of a computer
system that combines handwriting captured in real-time with pre-existing
information, creating a "composite document." An example of a composite
document is one that has been pre-populated by database information and
signed with an electronic ink signature. This patent is one of several
awarded to Mi-Co staff relating to mobile data capture software systems
that allow users to write on paper or paper-like Tablet PC forms and then
process the data in real-time.
"Mi-Co is proud to license its patents surrounding digital writing
technology into the market on fair and reasonable non-exclusive terms,"
said Mi-Co CEO Greg Clary in a speech delivered at the Anoto seminar today.
"And we are excited to support the laser printing of Anoto functionality
forms with our newly enhanced Mi-Forms on Demand Software offering. This
technology will significantly increase the return on investment of data
capture applications in health care scenarios, manufacturing sites,
clinical trial sites and insurance account enrollment scenarios."
Mi-Co's use of handwriting for data capture in a mobile environment is a
driving force in its Mi-Forms Software System. Mi-Forms provides a
platform that allows customers (such as the Internal Revenue Service,
Health Decisions and the USDA) to implement forms-based systems using
handwriting interpretation for data capture. In addition, the customers'
Mi-Forms Systems include components designed to validate the data and
communicate that data to enterprise users. Mi-Forms on Demand allows Anoto
functionality digital pen forms to be printed on local laser printers
within an enterprise. Handwriting captured on the forms is then
automatically associated with the proper database record, without manual
steps by the end user.
"We are delighted to partner with Mi-Co to bring print on demand software
for digital pens to our customers and the work flow market," stated Bryan
Kearney, CEO of Rover Technology Fusions. "The digital pen technology and
print on demand software is an ideal combination for our customers
requiring maintenance inspection and property appraisal applications.
Mi-Co is clearly a leader in the digital writing space."
"Rover, with its unique combination of domain-knowledgeable personnel and
its market position, is a great solutions partner for Mi-Co," stated Clary.
"We appreciate our close relationship with Rover and its choice of Mi-Co as
the technology supplier for print on demand software."
About Mi-Co
Mi-Co, the mobile information and data capture company, provides digital
writing software that enables an efficient and effective process for
capturing and communicating handwritten data. Mi-Co's enterprise Mi-Forms
Software System enables flexible e-forms design for data capture using
digital ink. In addition, Mi-Forms Software has proven capabilities for
handwriting interpretation, touch-screen input, verification, data
validation and communication of forms-based data for enterprise users.
Mi-Forms supports Tablet PCs, UMPCs, Digital Pens, Pocket PCs and signature
capture devices. The company is headquartered in Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina and has a Washington customer service center. For more
information on Mi-Co, visit www.mi-corporation.com.
About Rover Technology Fusions
Rover Technology Fusions (RTF) is a full service technology solution
provider offering a robust portfolio of products and services. The RTF
solution line is focused on technologies that connect and protect business
information. The cornerstone of RTF's philosophy is to provide effective
technology solutions to the end users which demonstrate a high and quick
investment return. RTF products are engineered with common functionality
to significantly reduce the learning curve and target significant work flow
processes, for example NoteAmation. Implementation can take place in a
matter of hours immediately automating and protecting valuable intellectual
property found in meetings notes or customer data sets. For more
information on Rover work flow solutions, visit www.rovertechfusions.com.