Communication facilitation
First Claim
1. ) A method of facilitating communications using a product item, the product item including an associated interface surface, the interface surface having disposed thereon or therein coded data indicative of an identity of the product item, the method including, in a sensing device:
- (a) sensing at least some of the coded data;
(b) generating, using the sensed coded data, indicating data indicative of the product item identity; and
, (c) transferring the indicating data to a computer system, the computer system being responsive to the indicating data to facilitate communications.
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Abstract
A method of facilitating communications using a product item, the product item including an associated interface surface, the interface surface having disposed thereon or therein coded data indicative of an identity of the product item, the method including, in a sensing device: (a) sensing at least some of the coded data; (b) generating, using the sensed coded data, indicating data indicative of the product item identity; and, (c) transferring the indicating data to a computer system, the computer system being responsive to the indicating data to facilitate communications.
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1. ) A method of facilitating communications using a product item, the product item including an associated interface surface, the interface surface having disposed thereon or therein coded data indicative of an identity of the product item, the method including, in a sensing device:
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(a) sensing at least some of the coded data;
(b) generating, using the sensed coded data, indicating data indicative of the product item identity; and
,(c) transferring the indicating data to a computer system, the computer system being responsive to the indicating data to facilitate communications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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26. ) A method of facilitating communications using a product item, the product item including an associated interface surface, the interface surface having disposed thereon or therein coded data indicative of an identity of the product item, the method including, in a computer system:
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(a) receiving indicating data from a sensing device, the sensing device being responsive to sensing of the coded data to generate indicating data indicative of the identity of the product item;
(b) generating, using the received indicating data, identity data indicative of the product item identity; and
,(c) facilitating communications using the product item identity. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. ) A method of facilitating communications relating to a product item, wherein the method includes providing the product item with an associated interface surface, the interface surface having disposed thereon or therein coded data indicative of an identity of the product item such that when the coded data portion is sensed by a sensing device, the sensing device generates indicating data indicative of the product item identity, the indicating data being transferred to a computer system which is responsive to the indicating data to facilitate communications.
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