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1. A hand held device facilitating ease of communication of information external of itself, which comprises:
- (a) at least one sensor for receiving the information;
(b) a module for providing the information;
(c) at least one processor for controlling feedback from the at least one sensor and/or changes in the module; and
(d) wherein a visual tangible real-world representation is displayed to facilitate the ease of communication of the information, where the information is a single file and there is one to one correspondence between the tangible real world representation and the file.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device and methods for storing, sorting, sharing and communicating information with a device, which uses a tangible real-world user interface. In an embodiment of the invention, the device is intended to facilitate communication of information through intuitive operations and commands.
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23 Claims
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1. A hand held device facilitating ease of communication of information external of itself, which comprises:
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(a) at least one sensor for receiving the information;
(b) a module for providing the information;
(c) at least one processor for controlling feedback from the at least one sensor and/or changes in the module; and
(d) wherein a visual tangible real-world representation is displayed to facilitate the ease of communication of the information, where the information is a single file and there is one to one correspondence between the tangible real world representation and the file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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6. A hand held device facilitating ease of communication of information external of itself, which comprises:
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(a) at least one sensor for receiving the information;
(b) a module for providing the information;
(c) at least one processor for controlling feedback from the at least one sensor and/or changes in the module;
(d) wherein the module uses tangible real-world representations to facilitate the ease of communication of the information;
(e) at least one source of energy for powering the device; and
(f) a base, wherein the base recharges the source of energy, wherein the base allows the device to receive and/or transfer information with another device, wherein the base allows a sequence of the device relative to other devices to be determined; and
wherein the base allows the order of the device relative to other devices to be determined.
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11. A hand held device facilitating ease of communication of information external of itself, which comprises:
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(a) at least one sensor for receiving the information;
(b) a module for providing the information;
(c) at least one processor for controlling feedback from the at least one sensor and/or changes in the module;
(d) wherein the module uses tangible real-world representations to facilitate the ease of communication of the information;
(e) at least one source of energy for powering the device; and
(f) a binder, wherein the binder is used to transport more than one device and wherein the binder establishes the sequence of devices inserted into the binder.
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17. A handheld device for facilitating ease of communication of information with a second device, which comprises:
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(a) a pliable body containing one or more sensors embedded into the body selected from the set of;
a tilt sensor, a tact switch, a flex sensor and a slider;
(b) at least one display driver, (c) at least one display physically embedded into the body adapted for displaying information;
(d) a battery physically embedded into the body, (e) a micro-controller physically embedded into the body for controlling feedback from the sensor and changes in the display; and
(f) wherein the handheld device signals one or both of the display driver and a display driver on the second device to generate one or more tangible real-world representations to facilitate the ease of communication of the information, wherein one or more of the tangible real-world representation connect and communicate with a graphical user interface of the second device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 23)
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22. A machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon to cause a system to:
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detect proximity of a hand held device relative to a second device;
determine that proximity of the hand held device is sufficiently close to the second device;
indicate that the hand held device is sufficiently close to transfer information;
transfer the information;
represent the transfer with tangible real-world representation, where one or both of the hand held device and the second device use one or more tangible real-world representation to connect and communicate with a graphical user interface of the second device;
disable the hand held device from further information transfer; and
indicate that the hand held device is not sufficiently close to transfer the information.
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