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User Customized News Content Delivery Using A Sensing Device Able To Sense Coded Data

  • US 20080117460A1
  • Filed: 01/31/2008
  • Published: 05/22/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing news to a user, including the steps of:

  • receiving, through a computer system, news content from a sender;

    printing the news content and coded data on print media, wherein at least some of the coded data and the news content is coincident on the print media, the coded data including an indication of the identity of the news content and at least one reference point on the print media;

    using a sensing device to capture images of at least some of the coded data, when the sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the print media, and to process the images so as to;

    (i) identify at least some of the coded data from one or more of the captured images;

    (ii) determine an orientation, within the captured images, of at least some of the coded data;

    (iii) decode at least some of the coded data; and

    (iv) generate indicating data using at least some of the decoded coded data, the indicating data including information regarding the identity of the news content and at least one action of the sensing device in relation to the print media, and wherein the indicating data includes information regarding an identity of the sensing device.

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