Method of interacting with interactive printed advertisements

• US 7,044,381 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2005
• Issued: 05/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Frech, Karl D.
• Application Number:
  US11/033,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20050121524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 489 Days
• Field of Search: 235/462.13, 235/487
• US Class Current: 235/462.13
• 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: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method of requesting further information regarding goods or services advertised in a printed advertisement is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a printed interactive sheet, the interactive sheet comprising user information from a publisher, an advertisement from an advertiser and coded data indicative of an identity of the sheet and of a plurality of mapped locations on the sheet; (ii) interacting with the advertisement using a sensing device; (iii) receiving, in a computer system, indicating data from the sensing device regarding the identity of the sheet and the position of the sensing device relative to the sheet, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the advertisement, generating the indicating data using at least some of the coded data; and (iv) identifying in the computer system, using the indicating data, the requested further information and a payment from the advertiser to the publisher.

Claims

1. A method of requesting further information regarding goods or services advertised in a printed advertisement, said method comprising the steps of:

providing a printed interactive sheet, said interactive sheet comprising visible user information from a publisher, at least one advertisement from an advertiser and invisible coded data indicative of an identity of the sheet and of a plurality of mapped locations on the sheet, wherein the visible user information and the invisible coded data are printed substantially simultaneously and wherein at the time of printing a computer system associates the type and spatial extent of the coded data with the spatial extent of at least some of the visible user information;

interacting with the at least one advertisement using a sensing device;

receiving, in a computer system, indicating data from the sensing device regarding the identity of the sheet and the position of the sensing device relative to the sheet, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the at least one advertisement, generating the indicating data using at least some of the coded data; and

identifying, using the indicating data, the requested further information and a payment from the advertiser to the publisher.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising printing the requested further information.

3. The method claim 2, wherein the printed further information comprises an interactive form for purchasing the advertised goods or services.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein each request for further information corresponds to a predetermined quantum of payment.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the identified payment from the advertiser to the publisher is performed automatically and electronically.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the interactive sheet forms part of an on-line publication and the publisher is an on-line publisher.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving in the computer system data regarding movement of the sensing device relative to the sheet, the sensing device sensing its movement relative to the sheet using at least some of the coded data.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving in the computer system data regarding the identity of the particular user, the sensing device being programmed with the data regarding the identity of the particular user.