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HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE FOR INTERACTING WITH PRINTED HYPERLINKS

  • US 20100184461A1
  • Filed: 03/30/2010
  • Published: 07/22/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A handheld display device for imaging and displaying at least part of a printed substrate containing a printed hyperlink, said device comprising:

  • an optical sensor for imaging an area of the printed substrate containing printed content and for generating image data;

    a processor for determining interaction data using the image data, said interaction data identifying a page description corresponding to the printed substrate;

    a transceiver for;

    sending the interaction data to a computer system, thereby causing the computer system to identify the page description and retrieve display data corresponding to at least some of the printed content using the identified page description; and

    receiving the display data from the computer system; and

    a touch-sensitive display screen for displaying display information based on said display data,wherein said display information comprises a displayed hyperlink corresponding to the printed hyperlink on the substrate, and wherein said device is configured such that user interaction with the displayed hyperlink via said touch-sensitive display screen causes retrieval and display of hyperlinked information on said screen.

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