Printing a reminder list using mobile device

• US 7,672,664 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2005
• Issued: 03/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Walmsley, Simon Robert, Lapstun, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Anderson, Matthew D
• Assistant Examiner(s): FLEMING-HALL, ERICA L
• Application Number:
  US11/228,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20070066354A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,625 Days
• Field of Search: 455/2.01, 455/95, 455/403, 4554121-4122, 455/414.1, 455418-420, 455/422.1, 455/466, 455/550.1, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455557-559, 455564-567, 358/1.1, 358 115- 118, 358470-476, 709/203, 709/206, 709/211, 709217-219, 709228-229, 270 5214- 5215, 270 5802- 5803, 347/101, 347/105, 347/187
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2755 by optical scanning

Abstract

A system for printing a reminder list on a print medium is disclosed. The system includes a mobile telecommunications device having a printer module to print the reminder list on the print medium and a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.

Claims

1. A system for printing a reminder list on a print medium, the system comprising:

a mobile telecommunications device comprising;

a sensor module for sensing a print media identifier coded on a surface of the print medium, the print medium identifier uniquely identifying the print medium; and

a printer module for printing the reminder list on the print medium; and

,

means for storing the reminder list in association with the print medium identifier in a database, the reminder list being retrievable from the database using the print media identifier.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensor module is used to associate the reminder list with the print media identifier.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the print medium identifier is coded by a linear pattern.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a two-dimensional coordinate grid on the surface of the print medium is further coded on the surface by a two-dimensional pattern.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, the mobile telecommunications device further comprising:

a media feed path for receiving the print medium, wherein the sensor module is arranged to sense the print media identifier when the print medium is fed through the media feed path.

6. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the print medium includes at least one interactive element associated with a linked object stored in an object repository, and the linked object is associated with a region of the print medium using the two-dimensional coordinate grid, the system further comprising:

means for sensing the print media identifier and the two-dimensional coordinate grid of the region coded on the surface; and

means for retrieving the linked object using the print media identifier and the two-dimensional coordinate grid.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein printing requires paying for the reminder list using the mobile telecommunications device.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least part of a digital signature associated with the print media identifier is further coded on the surface, the sensor module further determining at least part of the digital signature, and the printer module printing, if the digital signature is authentic, the reminder list.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least part of the reminder list is printed as a result of a reminder clock setting associated with the reminder list.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reminder list contains periodic entries.