User interface systems
First Claim
1. A user interface system for allowing users to initiate events, the system comprising:
- a plurality of markers each having a marker identity;
a plurality of portable readers each having a reader identity and arranged to read said marker identities from adjacent markers, and at least one base station arranged to communicate with said readers in a wireless manner, a database accessible to the base station, containing entries associating actions to at least one of a marker identity and a reader identity;
wherein at least one reader is provided with actuation means which when actuated by a user causes the reader identity of the reader and the marker identity of an adjacent marker to be transmitted by the reader to said base station, so as to cause, for at least one of said markers, said base station to initiate, directly or indirectly, one of said actions which is at least partly determined by an entry in the database;
wherein, if no database entry exists for a fresh marker identity transmitted to the base station;
then a database entry is created associating the fresh marker identity to an action assigned to a known marker identity identified to the base station.
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Abstract
A user interface system for allowing users to initiate events comprises: a plurality of markers each having a marker identity; a plurality of portable readers each having a reader identity and arranged to read said marker identities from adjacent markers, and at least one base station arranged to communicate with said readers in a wireless manner, wherein at least one reader is provided with actuation means which when actuated by a user causes the reader identity of the reader and the marker identity of an adjacent marker to be transmitted by the reader to said base station, so as to cause, for at least one of said markers, said base station to initiate, directly or indirectly, an action which is at least partly determined by the reader identity of said reader.
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20 Claims
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1. A user interface system for allowing users to initiate events, the system comprising:
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a plurality of markers each having a marker identity;
a plurality of portable readers each having a reader identity and arranged to read said marker identities from adjacent markers, and at least one base station arranged to communicate with said readers in a wireless manner, a database accessible to the base station, containing entries associating actions to at least one of a marker identity and a reader identity;
wherein at least one reader is provided with actuation means which when actuated by a user causes the reader identity of the reader and the marker identity of an adjacent marker to be transmitted by the reader to said base station, so as to cause, for at least one of said markers, said base station to initiate, directly or indirectly, one of said actions which is at least partly determined by an entry in the database;
wherein, if no database entry exists for a fresh marker identity transmitted to the base station;
then a database entry is created associating the fresh marker identity to an action assigned to a known marker identity identified to the base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for allowing users to initiate events, comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a base station through a wireless connection a reader identity and a marker identity from a reader positioned sufficiently proximate one of a plurality of markers to enable the reader to read the one marker;
accessing a database to retrieve an entry associating an action with the received marker identity and reader identity;
if a database entry exists associating an action with the received marker identity and reader identity, directly or indirectly initiating the action; and
if no database entry exists for a fresh marker identity transmitted to the base station, then creating a database entry associating the fresh marker identity to an action assigned to a known marker identity identified to the base station. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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