Device for use in a method and system for object selection

• US 7,404,144 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2004
• Issued: 07/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1999
• 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): BAUTISTA, XIOMARA L
• Application Number:
  US10/793,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20040169682A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,597 Days
• Field of Search: 715/863, 715/769, 715/780, 715/700, 715/770, 715/764, 715/507, 715/541, 715/505, 715/530, 715/765, 715/221, 715/224, 715/255, 715/268, 345/179, 345/156, 345/157, 358/1.18, 358/1.15, 358/1.13, 358/1.11
• US Class Current: 715/700
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 13/12 specially adapted for small cards, envelopes, or the like , e.g. credit cards, cut visiting cards
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 19/207 Encoding along a bar
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/445 Printers integrated in other types of apparatus, e.g. printers integrated in cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/02 Postcards; Greeting, menu, business or like cards; Letter cards or letter-sheets B42D25/00 takes precedence; envelopes B65D27/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3829 involving key management

Abstract

The present invention provides a printer in a network, the printer adapted to print a first form and a second form including coded data and receive data from a sensing device operated by a user on the forms. The sensed data includes an identity that is relayed via the printer to a computer system which determines if movement of the sensing device on the first form is in respect of the selection of one or more objects and if movement of the sensing device on a second form is in respect of selection of one or more commands. The printer receives response data from the computer system indicating an association of the one or more selected objects with the one or more selected commands and prints an amended version of the second form including a representation of the selected one or more objects.

Claims

1. A printer for a system for enabling association of objects in a computer system, the printer comprising:

a printhead for printing at least one form on a first surface to provide a user with viewable information associated with one or more objects and for printing at least one second form on a second surface to provide a user with viewable information associated with one or more commands, and printing, on at least one of the first and second forms, coded data indicative of at least one reference point of the form, and indicative of an identity of the form;

a receiver for receiving indicating data from a sensing device operated by a user, said indicating data indicating movement of the sensing device relative to said form having said coded data;

a transmitter for transmitting said indicating data to a computer system; and

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a casing for housing the printhead, the receiver and the transmitter;

wherein,

the printer is further adapted to receive response data from said computer system, said response data indicating an association of one or more objects on the first form with one or more commands on the second form, and to print an amended version of said at least one second form including a representation of said one or more objects augmented by said one or more commands.

2. The printer of claim 1 wherein the indicating data includes a representation of the identity data.

3. The printer of claim 1 further adapted to print the coded data at the same time as printing the form.

4. The printer of claim 1 wherein the coded data is printed to be substantially invisible in the visible spectrum.

5. The printer of claim 1 wherein the first and second surfaces are provided by pages of media substrate, the printer further including a binding means to cater for a form printed on multiple pages.