Retrieving contact details via a coded surface

• US 20060025117A1
• Filed: 09/19/2005
• Published: 02/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul, Pickup, Colin John, Hollins, Michael J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,558,563 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/44 Augmented, consolidated or itemized billing statement or bill presentation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/83 Notification aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/84 Types of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0104 Augmented, consolidated or itemised billing statement, e.g. additional billing information, bill presentation, layout, format, e-mail, fax, printout, itemised bill per service or per account, cumulative billing, consolidated billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0176 Billing arrangements using internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/81 Notifying aspects, e.g. notifications or displays to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/8129 Type of notification

Abstract

A method of retrieving contact details using a print medium, comprising the steps of: determining a print media identifier from the print medium using a sensor module of a mobile telecommunications device, the print media identifier having been linked to the contact details; and, retrieving, using the mobile telecommunications device, the contact details.

Claims

1. A method of retrieving contact details using a print medium, comprising the steps of:

determining a print media identifier from the print medium using a sensor module of a mobile telecommunications device, the print media identifier having been linked to the contact details; and

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retrieving, using the mobile telecommunications device, the contact details.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein information associated with or representative of the contact details is at least one of:

displayed on a display of the mobile telecommunications device; and

printed on a print medium by a printer module of the mobile telecommunications device.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact details include information selected from the group consisting of one or more of a name, telephone number, address, email address and Internet address.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact details are loaded into an address book of the mobile telecommunications device.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile telecommunications device automatically dials a telephone number included in the contact details.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile telecommunications device automatically addresses a SMS, MMS or email using the contact details.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact details are received by the mobile telecommunications device prior to linking the contact details to the print media identifier.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the print medium is provided with first coded data in a first format and second coded data in a second format, the first coded data encoding first information and the second coded data encoding second information, at least some of the first information being indicative of the print media identifier, the first format being a linear pattern, at least some of the second information being indicative of the print media identifier and of a two-dimensional coordinate grid, the second format being a two-dimensional pattern.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensor module is used to link the contact details to the print media identifier.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the print medium is provided with coded data in a format, the coded data encoding information, at least some of the information being indicative of the print media identifier.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the method includes:

when the print medium is presented in a media feed path of the mobile telecommunications device, reading, using the sensor module, at least some of the coded data; and

determining, using the at least some read coded data, the print media identifier.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the media feed path includes a printer of the mobile telecommunications device.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the format is a linear pattern.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the information is further indicative of a two-dimensional coordinate grid, and the format is a two-dimensional pattern.

15. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the information is further indicative of a digital signature associated with the print media identifier, the method including:

determining, by reading at least some of the coded data using the sensor module, the digital signature; and

retrieving, if the digital signature is authentic, the contact details.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the digital signature includes at least one of:

a random number;

a secret-key digital signature; and

a public-key digital signature.

17. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein a printer module of the mobile telecommunications device prints at least some of the coded data on the print medium.

18. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the method includes paying for the contact details using the mobile telecommunications device.

19. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the contact details are associated with a region of the print medium, the method including:

reading, using the sensor module, at least some of the coded data;

determining, using the at least some read coded data, a position of the sensor module relative to the print medium; and

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retrieving, if the determined position is within the region, the contact details.

20. A print medium comprising a surface provided with coded data, the coded data indicative of a print media identifier, the print media identifier linked to contact details, the print media identifier able to be determined using a sensor module of a mobile telecommunications device, the contact details retrievable from a database using the print media identifier.