Bluetooth-enabled pen

• US 7,173,608 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2001
• Issued: 02/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: America Online Inc. (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ranjan, Nisheeth
• Primary Examiner(s): Hjerpe; Richard
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shapiro; Leonid
• Application Number:
  US09/993,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20030092385A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,911 Days
• Field of Search: 345179-180, 345/173, 178/19.01, 178/19.02, 178/20.01, 382187-189
• US Class Current: 345/179
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

The method and system of the present invention allows a user to make notes on a paper book, where the information is transmitted to and overlaid on an online electronic duplicate of the book through a Bluetooth-enabled pen. The system and method of the present invention provides extension of the user'"'"'s off-line experiences to an online environment, which may have application in electronic reading, writing, and shopping.

Claims

1. An apparatus for online transmission of information from a first media to a second media, comprising:

a marking device configured to enter said information on said first media; and

a transmitter configured to transmit said information entered on said first media to said second media, said transmitter being connected to said marking device, said second media being an electronic duplicate of said first media,

wherein said pen comprises a tip, and

wherein said pen captures video capturing motion of said pen and said pen captures video of an area about half an inch above said tip of said pen.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said marking device comprises:

a pen.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said marking device further comprises:

a transmitter device; and

a receiving device.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising:

a digital image capture device.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising:

means for ad-hoc connection to a Web server.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first media comprises a paper media and said second media comprises an electronic media.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said first media comprises:

a paper book.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said first media comprises:

a paper magazine.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said first media comprises:

a paper shopping catalog.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said transmitter comprises:

a Bluetooth-enabled device.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first media does not consist of a netpage form.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first media further comprises:

a radio-frequency tag.