System and method for interactive data management

• US 20070011138A1
• Filed: 07/07/2006
• Published: 01/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John Christian Boucard
• Original Assignee: John Christian Boucard
• Inventors: Boucard, John
• Application Number:
  US11/483,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20070011138A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/309 Table of contents

Abstract

A method and system for linking an article to data, for example, multimedia data. The system includes a processor with a memory; a plurality of storage mediums operatively coupled to said processor; a readable memory device included with the article, the memory device including an identifier and a pointer, wherein the identifier uniquely identifies the article and the pointer links to one or more locations of data related to a user-defined profile; a reader for reading the identifier and pointer; and an output device operably coupled to said processor for outputting the data related to the user-defined profile. The article may include an object representative of the data related to the user-defined profile and the memory device may be embedded in the object. The article may also include a tag including the memory device and means for attachment to an object.

Claims

1. A system for linking an article to data comprising:

a processor with a memory;

a plurality of storage mediums operatively coupled to said processor;

a readable memory device included with the article, the memory device including an identifier and a pointer, wherein the identifier uniquely identifies the article and the pointer links to one or more locations of data related to a user-defined profile;

a reader for reading the identifier and pointer; and

an output device operably coupled to said processor for outputting the data related to the user-defined profile.

2. A system as in claim 1 wherein said article comprises an object representative of the data related to said user-defined profile and said memory device is embedded in said object.

3. A system as in claim 1 wherein said article comprises a tag and said tag includes said memory device and means for attachment to an object.

4. A system as in claim 1 wherein said article comprises a plastic strip with an adhesive backing for attachment to an object.

5. A system as in claim 1 wherein said memory device includes an identifier and a plurality of pointers and said article includes means for selecting a pointer from said plurality of pointers.

6. An article of manufacture comprising:

an identifier; and

a pointer, wherein said identifier uniquely identifies the article and the pointer identifies one or more locations of all content associated with the article.

7. An article as in claim 6 wherein said article comprises a physical representation of the stored content.

8. An article as in claim 6 wherein said article is an iconic representation of the stored content.

9. An article as in claim 6 wherein said article is a photograph.

10. An article as in claim 6 further comprising means for attaching the article to a physical object.

11. An article as in claim 6 further comprising a physical object having relevance to said content.

12. An article as in claim 6 wherein said article is a greeting card associated with the stored content.

13. An article as in claim 7 comprising a toy figure associated with the stored content.

14. An article as in claim 7 comprising a Fantasy Figure associated with stored content.

15. An article of manufacture as in claim 6 wherein said identifier includes a plurality of pointers, said article including means for selecting one of said plurality of pointers.

17. A system as in claim 15 further comprising means for simultaneously activating all of said data sets.

18. A system as in claim 15 wherein said pointer includes one of the group consisting of a key code, a URL, a conductive ink trace, a resistor, an RFID, and a pin out.

16. An interactive data management system comprising:

storage means responsive to an article remote from the storage means, the article including an identifier and a pointer for storing a plurality of data sets each related to a user-designated profile, each of said data sets being stored at a different designated storage location; and

means responsive to said identifier for activating the data sets at said storage locations according to a preset user preference.

19. A system for accessing related multimedia content stored in various mediums comprising:

a plurality of storage devices each for storing data representative of a different medium;

a processor including software for recognizing data as belonging to a user-defined profile;

a memory; and

a memory device including an identifier and a pointer linked to an address in said memory storing locations of the data representative of a different medium in respective storage devices, wherein said software being operable responsive to said identifier and profile for accessing said data.

20. A method for storing related content elements in various storage mediums, said method comprising:

identifying content elements as belonging to a user identified profile;

storing each content element at a storage location in memory encoded as belonging to the profile;

collecting the storage locations at a profile address;

transmitting a signal linked to the profile address; and

publishing the content elements in the locations stored at the profile address responsive to the signal.

21. A method as in claim 20 further comprising storing in a readable memory device an identifier and a pointer linked to the profile address.

22. A method as in claim 20 wherein the content elements are stored in accordance with a user preference code.

23. A method as in claim 22 further comprising editing the user preference to add or delete content elements in the user profile.

24. A method as in claim 22 further comprising editing the profile address to add or delete content element locations therefrom.

25. A method as in claim 22 further comprising publishing the content elements stored in the locations collected at the profile address according to the user preference code.

26. A method as in claim 22 wherein said user preference code comprises one or more unique identifiers and one or more pointers.

27. A device for linking an article to a plurality of content elements stored in various mediums coupled to a processor comprising:

a base;

means for attaching the base to an object;

a memory for storing an identifier and a pointer, wherein the identifier uniquely identifies the device and the pointer links to a profile at which the locations of all said plurality of content elements are stored; and

a reader for reading the identifier and the pointer, wherein the processor accesses said plurality of content elements responsive to the identifier and the pointer read by the reader.

28. A device as in claim 27 wherein the memory stores a plurality of pointers each linked to a different profile address, the device further comprising a switch for selecting a single one of the plurality of pointers.

29. A device as in claim 27 wherein said base is embedded in an object representative of the profile.

30. A device as in claim 28 wherein said base is embedded in an object.