Bluetooth-enabled pen

• US 20030092385A1
• Filed: 11/13/2001
• Published: 05/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AOL LLC (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ranjan, Nisheeth
• Granted Patent: US 7,173,608 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

The method and system of the present invention allows a user to make notes on a paper book, where the information is transmitted to and overlaid on an online electronic duplicate of the book through a Bluetooth-enabled pen. The system and method of the present invention provides extension of the user'"'"'s off-line experiences to an online environment, which may have application in electronic reading, writing, and shopping.

Claims

1. A method for wireless transmission of information from a first media to a second media, comprising the steps of:

entering the information on the first media, wherein the first media includes paper media; and

transferring the information from the first media to the second media, wherein the second media includes online electronic media.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is entered and transferred via a Bluetooth-enabled pen.

3. A method for wireless transmission of information from a first media to a second media, comprising the steps of:

entering the information on the first media; and

transferring the information from the first media to the second media via an ad-hoc network.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first media includes paper media and the second media includes electronic media.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second media is an online duplicate of the first media.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first media includes a paper book.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the first media includes a paper magazine.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the first media includes a paper shopping catalog.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the ad-hoc network is Bluetooth network.

10. The method of claim 3, wherein the transferring the information includes overlaying the information on the second media.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the entering the information includes circling a portion of the first media.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the entering the information includes underlining a portion of the first media.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the entering the information includes highlighting a portion of the first media.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the entering the information includes writing a note on the first media.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the entering the information includes selecting a word.

16. The method of claim 15, further including the step of providing a dictionary meaning for the selected word on the second media.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the entering the information includes filling up a form.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the form includes a tax form.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the form includes a purchase order.

20. The method of claim 4, wherein the electronic media includes Internet-based media.

21. An apparatus for online transmission of information from a first media to a second media, including:

a marking device configured to enter the information on the first media; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the information entered on the first media to the second media, the transmitter being connected to the marking device.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the marking device includes a pen.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the first media includes a paper media and the second media includes an electronic media.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the second media is an electronic duplicate of the first media.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the first media includes a paper book.

26. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the first media includes a paper magazine.

27. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the same media includes a paper shopping catalog.

28. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the transmitter includes a Bluetooth-enabled device.