Method and apparatus for accessing electronic data via a familiar printed medium
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1. A system for displaying programming material to a user, the system comprising:
- a printed matter issued by a financial institution having at least one machine recognizable feature;
a feature recognition unit having associated therewith a means for recognizing said feature and a means for transmitting a coded signal in response to the recognition of said feature;
an intelligent controller having associated therewith a means for accessing said programming material in response to receiving said coded signal; and
a display unit for presenting said programming material.
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Abstract
The disclosed methods and apparatus relate generally to the electronics media industry, such as cable television (CATV), home shopping services, on-line computer services and computer memory applications. These methods and apparatus allow a user to access and make use of electronic media input and output devices by reference to and/or utilization of standard printed matter, such as magazines, textbooks, or any other printed matter that can be correlated to electronic media.
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1. A system for displaying programming material to a user, the system comprising:
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a printed matter issued by a financial institution having at least one machine recognizable feature; a feature recognition unit having associated therewith a means for recognizing said feature and a means for transmitting a coded signal in response to the recognition of said feature; an intelligent controller having associated therewith a means for accessing said programming material in response to receiving said coded signal; and a display unit for presenting said programming material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of providing a user access to programming material, the method comprising the steps of:
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printing a machine recognizable feature on a printed matter issued by a financial institution; scanning said machine recognizable feature of said printed matter issued by a financial institution; and transmitting data associated with said machine recognizable feature via a communication link to access said programming material, wherein said programming material is related to said printed matter issued by a financial institution. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A method of providing a user access to programming material associated with a printed matter issued by a financial institution, the method comprising the steps of:
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printing a machine recognizable feature on said printed matter issued by a financial institution wherein said machine recognizable feature has associated therewith a command sequence for accessing programming material; scanning said machine recognizable feature within said printed matter issued by a financial institution and downloading data indicative of said machine recognizable feature via the Internet to a remote server; accessing programming material from said remote server; and transmitting said programming material to said user allowing said user to perceive said programming material in a humanly perceivable form, wherein said programming material is related to said printed matter issued by a financial institution. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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