Physical multimedia documents, and methods and apparatus for publishing and reading them
First Claim
1. A published document comprising:
- a printed document; and
at least one memory attached to the printed document,wherein said at least one memory comprises an electrical circuit without an integral power source that is capable of being powered wirelessly so that the electrical circuit can transmit information wirelessly, wherein a first portion of the information for display to a user is stored in the printed document and a second portion of the information for display to the user is stored in said at least one memory, andwherein the printed document contains a printed indication to the user of the presence of the at least one memory storing the second portion of the information.
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Abstract
A published document comprises a printed document and at least one memory attached to the printed document, wherein said at least one memory comprises an electrical circuit without an integral power source but may be powered wirelessly so that it may transmit information wirelessly, wherein at least a portion of the information stored in the published document for display to the user is provided in said at least one memory. A method of viewing information in such a published document comprises viewing information printed in the printed document, powering the memory circuit with a reader device to transmit information stored in the memory circuit to the reader device wirelessly, and displaying the information stored in the memory circuit by means of the reader device for viewing by the user. An appropriate reader device and method for publishing the document are described.
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24 Claims
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1. A published document comprising:
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a printed document; and at least one memory attached to the printed document, wherein said at least one memory comprises an electrical circuit without an integral power source that is capable of being powered wirelessly so that the electrical circuit can transmit information wirelessly, wherein a first portion of the information for display to a user is stored in the printed document and a second portion of the information for display to the user is stored in said at least one memory, and wherein the printed document contains a printed indication to the user of the presence of the at least one memory storing the second portion of the information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A reader device for reading information from an unpowered memory circuit attached to a printed document, the reader device comprising:
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a. a circuit for providing power to the memory circuit so that data can be transmitted from a memory of the memory circuit; b. a decoder to read information transmitted by a transmitter of the memory circuit; and c. a display circuit for providing information received by the decoding circuit for displays, wherein the memory circuit comprises an electrical circuit without an integral power source that is capable of being powered wirelessly so that the electrical circuit can transmit information wirelessly, wherein a first portion of the information for display to a user is stored in the printed document and a second portion of the information for display to the user is stored in said memory of the memory circuit, wherein the printed document contains a printed indication to the user of the presence of the memory storing the second portion of the information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for viewing published information, the system comprising a published document comprising:
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a printed document; and at least one memory attached to the printed document, wherein said at least one memory comprises an electrical circuit without an integral power source that is capable of being powered wirelessly so that the electrical circuit can transmit information wirelessly, wherein a first portion of the information for display to a user is stored in the printed document and a second portion of the information for display to the user is stored in said at least one memory, wherein the printed document contains a printed indication to the user of the presence of the at least one memory storing the second portion of the information, the system further comprising a reader device for reading information from the at least one memory, the reader device comprising;
a circuit for providing power to the at least one memory so that data can be transmitted from the at least one memory;
a decoder to read information transmitted by a transmitter of the at least one memory; and
a display circuit for providing information received by the decoding circuit for display.
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15. A method of viewing information in a published document comprising a printed document and one or more memory circuits attached to the printed document, the method comprising:
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a. viewing information printed in the printed document; b. powering the memory circuit with a reader device to transmit information stored in the memory circuit to the reader device wirelessly; and c. displaying the information stored in the memory circuit by means of the reader device for viewing by a user, wherein the one or more memory circuits comprises an electrical circuit without an integral power source that is capable of being powered wirelessly so that the electrical circuit can transmit information wirelessly, wherein a first portion of the information for display to a user is stored in the printed document and a second portion of the information for display to the user is stored in said at least one memory, wherein the printed document contains a printed indication to the user of the presence of the at least one memory storing the second portion of the information.
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16. A method of publishing a document, comprising:
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a. determining first information for viewing by a user to be printed in a printed document and second information for viewing by a user to be written to one or more memory circuits attached to the printed document; b. printing the first information on a print medium to form the printed document; and c. writing the second information into the one or more memory circuits attached to the printed document, wherein the one or more memory circuits are adapted to be powered and read wirelessly by a reader device so that the second information can be viewed by the users, wherein the one or more memory circuits comprises an electrical circuit without an integral power source that is capable of being powered wirelessly so that the electrical circuit can transmit information wirelessly, wherein a first portion of the information for display to a user is stored in the printed document and a second portion of the information for display to the user is stored in said at least one memory, wherein the printed document contains a printed indication to the user of the presence of the at least one memory storing the second portion of the information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A published document comprising a printed document and at least one memory attached to the printed document, wherein said at least one memory comprises an electrical circuit without an integral power source that is capable of being powered inductively so that the electrical circuit can transmit information wirelessly at radio frequency, wherein a first portion of the information for display to a user is stored in the printed document and a second portion of the information for display to the user is stored in said at least one memory, and
wherein the printed document contains a printed indication to the user of the presence of the at least one memory storing the second portion of the information.
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24. A published document comprising a printed document and at least one memory attached to the printed document, wherein said at least one memory comprises an electrical circuit without an integral power source that is capable of being powered wirelessly so that the electrical circuit can transmit information wirelessly, wherein a first portion of the information for display to a user is stored in the printed document and a second portion of the information for display to the user is stored in said at least one memory,
wherein the printed document contains a printed indication to the user of the presence of the at least one memory storing the second portion of the information, and wherein the portion of the information stored in the at least one memory for display to the user comprises information for combination with user provided information to provide further information for display to the user.
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