System and Method for Data Acquisition and Processing
First Claim
1. Data acquisition and processing system comprising a wireless device (101) being a mobile phone or PDA or wireless laptop or a multimedia computer comprising a digital camera for capturing a datagram and means for processing said datagram and transmitting said datagram to a remote server for decoding said captured and/or processed and transmitted datagrams for accessing services, said system being characterised in that:
- said datagram being a data-encoded image (106) containing data relating to a service activation, wherein said datagram image being captured from a computer screen or a television advert or during a television programme or commercial or a magazine or from the front of a lottery ticket or from a printed document, andsaid means for processing further combining within a dataset said captured datagram (106) with identification data being the SIM ID or wireless device identity number, and said wireless device make and/or model number for further transmitting said dataset to a pre-programmed IP address or phone number of said remote server for decoding.
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Abstract
A system and method for data acquisition and processing is described which can form the basis of online gaming. Encoded datagram images are captured from a computer screen or a printed document using a mobile phone or PDA or fixed line device and processed relative to a stored profile and then transmitted to a remote server to be decoded. The received datagram is read and compared with one of a plurality of stored datagram images and or decoded according to specific attributes of the datagram image. The method makes possible the capture and transmission and processing of datagrams to access services such as to cause the download of specific software such as a software application. In one embodiment this may comprise an online casino application where a player receives the software to play as well as a certain amount of credit. In a separate gaming application, the datagrams may be unique such that a player captures and transmits a datagram to find whether it is a winning datagram. The datagrams may be black and white or colour in which case they may comprise hidden colour codes which can be extracted by the decoding algorithms in the image-capturing device or in the remote server. In a separate embodiment, the method may be combined with television advertising such that viewers need only capture a displayed datagram from the television screen and send it to a published or encoded IP address or phone number so that they can access information about advertised products.
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16 Claims
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1. Data acquisition and processing system comprising a wireless device (101) being a mobile phone or PDA or wireless laptop or a multimedia computer comprising a digital camera for capturing a datagram and means for processing said datagram and transmitting said datagram to a remote server for decoding said captured and/or processed and transmitted datagrams for accessing services, said system being characterised in that:
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said datagram being a data-encoded image (106) containing data relating to a service activation, wherein said datagram image being captured from a computer screen or a television advert or during a television programme or commercial or a magazine or from the front of a lottery ticket or from a printed document, and said means for processing further combining within a dataset said captured datagram (106) with identification data being the SIM ID or wireless device identity number, and said wireless device make and/or model number for further transmitting said dataset to a pre-programmed IP address or phone number of said remote server for decoding. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. Data acquisition and processing method comprising a wireless device (101, 201) being a mobile phone or PDA or wireless laptop or a multimedia computer comprising a digital camera for capturing a datagram and means for processing said datagram and transmitting said datagram to a remote server for decoding said captured and/or processed and transmitted datagrams for accessing services, said method comprising the steps of:
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capturing a datagram image from a computer screen or a television advert or a magazine by said wireless device (102, 202), combining said captured datagram with identification data comprising the SIM ID or device identity number and the device make and model number within a dataset, and transmitting said dataset to a pre-programmed IP address or phone number of a remote server for decoding and processing said dataset by a remote server (103, 203). - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A data acquisition and processing method comprising a wireless device (301) being a mobile phone or PDA or wireless laptop or a multimedia computer comprising a digital camera for capturing a datagram and means for processing said datagram and transmitting said datagram to a remote server for decoding said captured and/or processed and transmitted datagrams for accessing services, said method comprising the steps of:
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capturing a data-encoded image (303) from a televised programme (302) or during a commercial by a PDA or mobile phone (301), transmitting said datagram and identification data by said PDA or mobile phone (301) wherein said identification data comprising an email address to a pre-programmed number (304), processing the request for data by a remote server, and responding by sending back product or service data or data about said television program directly to the requesting device (301) and/or to an associated Email address (305).
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9. A data acquisition and processing method comprising a wireless device (401) being a mobile phone or PDA or wireless laptop or a multimedia computer comprising a digital camera for capturing a datagram and means for processing said datagram and transmitting said datagram to a remote server for decoding said captured and/or processed and transmitted datagrams for accessing services, said method comprising the steps of:
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capturing a datagram image from a televised game show or during a programme from a television screen (402) by said wireless device (401), combining said captured datagram with identification data comprising the SIM ID or device identity number and/or the device make and model number within a dataset, and transmitting said dataset to a pre-programmed IP address or phone number of a remote server for decoding and processing said dataset by a remote server (404). - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A data acquisition and processing method comprising a wireless device (501) being a mobile phone or PDA or wireless laptop or a multimedia computer comprising a digital camera for capturing a datagram and means for processing said datagram and transmitting said datagram to a remote server for decoding said captured and/or processed and transmitted datagrams for accessing services, said method comprising the steps of:
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capturing a datagram image from the front of a lottery ticket (503) or from a computer display screen displaying a web page, wherein said displayed datagram being software generated on said display screen and comprising some dynamically changing features, by said wireless device (501), combining said captured datagram with identification data comprising the SIM ID or device identity number and/or the device make and model number within a dataset, transmitting said dataset to a pre-programmed IP address or phone number of a remote server for decoding and processing said dataset by a remote server (504), and establishing the credit status of the user and/or the age of the subscription holder and/or other data needed for authentication by said remote server, and transmitting back to said wireless device (501) an indication whether said sent ticket being a winning ticket and/or the level of the prize won if any (505).
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14. A data acquisition and processing method comprising a wireless device (601, 701) being a mobile phone or PDA or wireless laptop or a multimedia computer comprising a digital camera for capturing a datagram and means for processing said datagram and transmitting said datagram to a remote server for decoding said captured and/or processed and transmitted datagrams for accessing services, said method comprising the steps of:
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capturing a coloured datagram image from a printed document or from a display screen by said wireless device (601, 701), combining said captured datagram with identification data comprising the SIM ID or device identity number and/or the device make and model number within a dataset, transmitting said dataset to a pre-programmed IP address or phone number of a remote server for decoding and processing said dataset by a remote server (603, 703), and establishing the credit status of the user and/or the age of the subscription holder and/or other data needed for authentication by said remote server, and transmitting a software application back to said wireless device (601, 701) wherein said software application suiting said make and said model of said wireless device (601, 701) by said remote server, wherein said software application being a software control filter suitable for modifying the sensitivity of said camera optics for changing the way said camera detecting light of different frequency ranges (601), reprogramming said wireless device (601) for allowing said wireless device (601) to modify the optics of the camera (604), and storing in said wireless device the default values in order to reprogram said default values. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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