PRODUCT ITEM REGISTRATION

• US 20100072275A1
• Filed: 11/30/2009
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul
• Granted Patent: US 7,878,416 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0321 by optically sensing the absolute position with respect to a regularly patterned surface forming a passive digitiser, e.g. pen optically detecting position indicative tags printed on a paper sheet constructional details of pen-shaped pointing devices G06F3/03545, G06F3/03542, G06F3/037
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10554 Moving beam scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10623 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10693 for omnidirectional scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10722 Photodetector array or CCD scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10772 Moved readers, e.g. pen, wand
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0212 Chance discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0217 involving input on products or services in exchange for incentives or rewards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0236 Incentive or reward received by requiring registration or ID from user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0259 based on store location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 25/59 by controlling the amount of charge storable in the pixel, e.g. modification of the charge conversion ratio of the floating node capacitance
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 25/671 for non-uniformity detection or correction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 25/745 : Circuitry for generating timing or clock signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 25/75 : Circuitry for providing, modifying or processing image signals from the pixel array
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 25/767 : Horizontal readout lines, multiplexers or registers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 25/778 : comprising amplifiers shared between a plurality of pixels, i.e. at least one part of the amplifier must be on the sensor array itself
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 3/1568 : for disturbance correction or prevention within the image-sensor, e.g. biasing, blooming, smearing correction circuits H04N25/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/33 : Transforming infrared radiation cameras or camera modules for generating image signals from infrared radiation H04N23/20; circuitry of SSIS for transforming infrared radiation into image signals H04N25/20

Abstract

A method of registering a product item is disclosed. The product item has disposed thereon coded data portions at respective positions on a surface of the product item. Each coded data portion encodes a product item identity and the respective position of the coded data portion. The method starts by a sensing device sensing at least one coded data portion, generating indicating data indicative of the product item identity and the position of the sensed coded data portion, and transferring the indicating data to a computer system. The computer system receives the indicating data, identifies that the position relates to a registration request, obtain owner data associated with the sensing device, determines an entity associated with the product item identity, and register the owner data with the entity.

Claims

1. A method of registering a product item, the product item having disposed thereon coded data portions at respective positions on a surface of the product item, each coded data portion encoding a product item identity and the respective position of the coded data portion, wherein the method includes steps of:

sensing by a sensing device at least one coded data portion;

generating by the sensing device indicating data indicative of the product item identity and the position of the sensed coded data portion, the product item identity and the position being generated by decoding at least one sensed coded data portion;

transferring by the sensing device the indicating data to a computer system;

receiving by the computer system the indicating data;

identifying by the computer system that the position relates to a registration request;

obtaining by the computer system owner data associated with the sensing device;

determining an entity associated with the product item identity; and

registering by the computer system the owner data with the entity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying step includes the sub-steps of:

retrieving a page description associated with the product item identifier; and

determining from the page description that the position related to a registration request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the surface is partitioned in a plurality of regions, and the coded data in respective regions uniquely identifies the identity of the region.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer system obtains the owner data associated with the sensing device from a storage device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein step of obtaining the owner data associated with the sensing device includes the sub-steps of:

printing a form including position indicating coded data;

sensing by the sensing device the position indicating coded data as the sensing device is moved over the form by a user;

generating by the sensing device movement data indicative of the movement of the sensing device over the form;

transferring by the sensing device the movement data to the computer system;

receiving by the computer system the movement data;

translating by the computer system the movement data into the owner data.

6. The method of claim 1 further including the steps of:

determining a communications address of the entity; and

forwarding to the communications address the owner data.

7. The method of claim 6 further including the steps of:

receiving a registration acknowledgement from the entity; and

printing the registration acknowledgement.