Open source publishing system and method
First Claim
1. A method of publishing content, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a printed publication having printed content;
a storage device storing a content database having a plurality of digital content, an output device for outputting one or more representations of the plurality of digital content, and an interactive user device for generating one or more signals associated with retrieval of the plurality of digital content from the storage device based, at least in part, on input of a user;
accessing by the user the plurality of digital content;
associating one of the plurality of digital content with the printed content;
storing in a mapping database the association of one of the plurality of digital content with the printed content and a location within the storage device of the one of the plurality of digital content;
actuating by a user the interactive user device to generate the one or more signals associated with retrieval of the plurality of digital content;
querying the mapping database to determine the association of one of the plurality of digital content with the printed content and the location within storage device of the one of the plurality of digital content;
upon determining the location of the digital content, retrieving the digital content from the storage device; and
outputting the one or more representations of the digital content to the output device.
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Abstract
It is a first aspect of the present invention to provide a method of publishing content including the steps of: (a) providing a printed publication having printed content, a storage device storing a content database having digital content, an output device for outputting the digital content, and an interactive user device for generating one or more signals associated with retrieval of the digital content from the storage device; (b) accessing digital content; (c) associating the digital content with the printed content; (d) storing in a mapping database the association and a location of the digital content; (e) actuating the interactive user device to generate the one or more signals; (f) querying the mapping database to determine the association and the location of the digital content; (g) upon determining the location, retrieving the digital content; and (h) outputting the digital content to the output device.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of publishing content, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a printed publication having printed content;
a storage device storing a content database having a plurality of digital content, an output device for outputting one or more representations of the plurality of digital content, and an interactive user device for generating one or more signals associated with retrieval of the plurality of digital content from the storage device based, at least in part, on input of a user;accessing by the user the plurality of digital content; associating one of the plurality of digital content with the printed content; storing in a mapping database the association of one of the plurality of digital content with the printed content and a location within the storage device of the one of the plurality of digital content; actuating by a user the interactive user device to generate the one or more signals associated with retrieval of the plurality of digital content; querying the mapping database to determine the association of one of the plurality of digital content with the printed content and the location within storage device of the one of the plurality of digital content; upon determining the location of the digital content, retrieving the digital content from the storage device; and outputting the one or more representations of the digital content to the output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for open source publishing comprising:
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a printed publication having a plurality of printed content; a plurality of digital content; a digital content storage device adapted to store the plurality of digital content, the digital content storage device further adapted to make the plurality of digital content available to a user; an interactive multimedia user device having a membrane switch, the interactive multimedia user device adapted to request digital content from the digital content storage device upon actuation of a portion of the membrane switch; and an output device for outputting a representation of the digital content; wherein the user associates the plurality of printed content with the plurality of digital content. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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