Entertainment and promotional method
First Claim
1. A promotional method comprising the steps of:
- storing a predetermined number of recognizable data;
storing a plurality of different messages for each of the predetermined number of stored recognizable data;
scanning a document to read machine readable information appearing thereon;
determining whether scanned data represented by the machine readable information on the scanned document represents data corresponding to any of said stored recognizable data;
identifying the stored recognizable data corresponding to the scanned data in response to the determination that the scanned data corresponds to one of the stored recognizable data;
identifying the plurality of stored messages associated with the identified stored recognizable data;
selecting one of the identified messages and producing an output response corresponding thereto.
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Abstract
A promotional method comprising the steps of storing a predetermined number of recognizable data, storing a message for each of the predetermined number of recognizable data, scanning a document to read machine readable information appearing thereon, determining whether scanned data represented by the machine readable information on the scanned document represents data corresponding to any of said stored recognizable data, identifying the stored recognizable data corresponding to the scanned data in response to the determination that the scanned data corresponds to one of the stored recognizable data, identifying a stored message associated with the identified stored recognizable data, and selecting the identified message and producing an output response corresponding thereto.
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10 Claims
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1. A promotional method comprising the steps of:
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storing a predetermined number of recognizable data; storing a plurality of different messages for each of the predetermined number of stored recognizable data; scanning a document to read machine readable information appearing thereon; determining whether scanned data represented by the machine readable information on the scanned document represents data corresponding to any of said stored recognizable data; identifying the stored recognizable data corresponding to the scanned data in response to the determination that the scanned data corresponds to one of the stored recognizable data; identifying the plurality of stored messages associated with the identified stored recognizable data; selecting one of the identified messages and producing an output response corresponding thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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