SYSTEM FOR ENABLING COMPETITION ENTRY AND DISPLAY VIA LABEL

• US 20080149704A1
• Filed: 03/13/2008
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul, Lapstun, Jacqueline Anne, Scott, Paul Quentin
• Granted Patent: US 7,823,769 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/04 Electronic labels

Abstract

A system for enabling competition entry is provided using a printed product label provided on a product item. The system has a sensing device, computer system and display device. The sensing device senses coded data from the label attached to the product item and generates interaction data representing interaction of the sensing device with the coded data. The coded data is uniquely indicative of the product item and the label has regions including information fields, buttons and/or entry fields. The computer system receives the interaction data and correlates the interaction data with a competition. Interaction with at least one of the buttons using the sensing device causes the computer system to display information on the display device.

Claims

1. A system for enabling competition entry using a printed product label provided on a product item, the system comprising:

a sensing device configured to;

sense coded data from the label attached to the product item, the coded data being uniquely indicative of the product item; and

generate interaction data representing interaction of the sensing device with the coded data, wherein the label comprises regions selected from the group comprising information fields, buttons, and entry fields;

a computer system configured to receive the interaction data and correlate the interaction data with a competition; and

a display device, wherein interacting with at least one of the buttons using the sensing device causes the computer system to display information on the display device.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein the interaction data identifies at least an identity of the label and the position of the sensing device relative to the label.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein the label is disposed on a product label having human-readable information relating to a competition and machine-readable coded data relating to an identity of the label.

4. A system according to claim 3, wherein at least some of the coded data includes a label identifier.

5. A system according to claim 4, wherein the label identifier is a unique product item identifier.

6. A system according to claim 5, wherein the unique product item identifier is an electronic product code.