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Interface system for providing content using context hotspots

  • US 6,411,994 B2
  • Filed: 01/29/1998
  • Issued: 06/25/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An interface system for providing content to a user via a computer system, the interface comprising:

  • a computer readable medium having at least one database maintained by the computer system, the at least one database storing context entries and content entries; and

    a sensor operable for decoding a context hotspot and a content hotspot;

    wherein decoding of the context hotspot accesses the context entries from the at least one database and decoding of the content hotspot accesses the content entries from the at least one database;

    wherein decoding of the context hotspot may be performed first such that decoding of the content hotspot is influenced by the decoding of the context hotspot; and

    wherein the context hotspot corresponds to a selected context entry, and the selected context entry corresponds to a selected one of a plurality of computer applications such that differing context entries correspond to different computer applications.

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