System for enabling competition entry via label

• US 7,427,015 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2007
• Issued: 09/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul, Lapstun, Jacqueline Anne, Scott, Paul Quentin
• Primary Examiner(s): Hess; Daniel A
• Application Number:
  US11/738,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20070187479A1
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/494, 705/14, 705/16, 705/23
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/04 Electronic labels

Abstract

A system for enabling competition entry is provided using a printed product label provided on a product item. The system has a sensing device and a computer system. The sensing device senses coded data from the label attached to the product item and generates interaction data representing interaction of the sensing device with the coded data. The coded data is uniquely indicative of the product item and the label has regions including information fields, buttons and/or entry fields. The computer system receives the interaction data and correlates the interaction data with a competition.

Claims

1. A system for competition entry using printed labels provided on a product item, the system comprising:

a product label attached to the product item including human-readable information relating to a competition and machine-readable coded information relating to an identity of the label and being uniquely indicative of the product item, wherein the product label further comprises regions selected from the group consisting of information fields, buttons, and entry fields;

a sensing device configured to sense the machine-readable coded data as the sensing device is moved across the product label, and to generate interaction data based on the sensed coded data;

a computer system programmed to correlate the interaction data with a competition and to record an entry in the competition based on the correlated interaction data; and

a display device, wherein interacting with at least one of the buttons using the sensing device causes the computer sytem to display information on the display device.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein at least some of the coded data includes a label identifier.

3. A system according to claim 2, wherein the label identifier is a unique product item identifier.

4. A system according to claim 3, wherein the unique product item identifier is an electronic product code.