Link software object to sticker

• US 7,857,217 B2
• Filed: 05/03/2010
• Issued: 12/28/2010
• 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, Lapstun, Paul, Hollins, Michael, Walmsley, Simon Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Le; Thien M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Marshall; Christle I
• Application Number:
  US12/772,785
• Publication Number:
  US 20100206950A1
• Time in Patent Office: 239 Days
• Field of Search: 235435-454, 705/22, 705/23, 705/28
• US Class Current: 235/435
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2755 by optical scanning

Abstract

A system for generating an association between a software object and a sticker on a surface, and then retrieving the software object, is disclosed. The sticker has disposed thereon coded data indicative of a sticker identity. A sensing device is provided for sensing the coded data in order to determine the sticker identity, and to generate indicating data at least partially indicative of the sticker identity. A computer system receives the indicating data from the sensing device, stores object data indicative of each of a plurality of software objects in an object repository, orders the object data stored in the object repository according to when the software object data was stored in the object repository, determines, using the order of the object data in the object repository, the software object which has been most recently stored in the object repository, generates the association based at least partially on the most recently stored software object and the sticker identity, receives further indicating data from the sensing device, the indicating data being at least partially indicative of the sticker identity, and retrieves the software object associated with the sticker identity.

Claims

1. A system for generating an association between a software object and a sticker on a surface, and retrieving said software object, the sticker having disposed therein or thereon coded data at least partially indicative of a sticker identity, the system comprising:

a sensing device for sensing at least part of the coded data in order to determine the sticker identity, and generating indicating data at least partially indicative of the sticker identity;

a computer system for;

receiving the indicating data from the sensing device;

storing object data indicative of each of a plurality of software objects in an object repository;

ordering the object data stored in the object repository according to when the software object data was stored in the object repository;

determining, using the order of the object data in the object repository, the software object which has been most recently stored in the object repository;

generating the association based at least partially on the most recently stored software object and the sticker identity;

receiving further indicating data from the sensing device, the indicating data being at least partially indicative of the sticker identity; and

retrieving the software object associated with the sticker identity.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the computer system is further configured to delete, from the object repository, the most recently stored software object after generating the association.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the sensing device includes a current operating mode selected from a plurality of potential operating modes including an association mode, the indicating data including a selected operating mode, and the computer system is further configured for:

determining, using the indicating data, the selected operating mode of the sensing device;

setting the current operating mode of the sensing device to the selected operating mode; and

if the current operating mode of the sensing device is set to the association mode, allowing the generation of the association.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the computer system is further configured for:

if the current operating mode of the sensing device is set to the association mode, generating the association based at least partially on the most recently stored software object in the object repository and the sticker identity determined from next indicating data received from the sensing device.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the association is generated according to a user identity, wherein the computer system further stores the software object data associated with the user identity in the object repository.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the computer system further determines, using the order of the object data in the object repository and the user identity, the software object to be associated with the sticker identity.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the coded data is further indicative of a plurality of locations on the sticker, the computer system being further configured for:

receiving the indicating data indicative of at least one position of the sensing device relative to the sticker, the sensing device being responsive to sensing at least part of the coded data to determine the indicating data indicative of the at least one position; and

generating the association based at least partially on the at least one position.