Method of printing a voucher based on geographical location
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1. A method of printing a voucher comprising the steps of:
- providing a hand-held mobile telecommunications device that has a wireless transceiver for sending and receiving data via a telecommunications network, a printer for printing on a print medium with a predetermined print resolution and a sensor in a media fee path of the printer for sensing a data track and second coded data distributed across an area of the print medium during printing on the print medium, the data track extending parallel to a media feed direction in which the print media passes the printer, the second coded data encoding information indicative of a unique identity for the print medium;
determining a geographical location of the hand-held mobile telecommunications device;
determining a product or service available at, in or within a predetermined distance of, the geographical location;
formatting a voucher containing information associated with the product or service;
printing the voucher using the printer by generating a fire control signal from the sensor output as the sensor senses the data track in order to determine a registration between what is printed in the area of the print medium and the second coded data; and
transmitting information associating the unique identity of the print medium and the voucher to a remote computer system via the wireless transceiver.
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Abstract
A method of using a mobile device to print onto a print medium, the mobile device comprising: a wireless transceiver for sending and receiving data via a telecommunications network; and a printer; the method comprising the steps of: (a) determining a geographical location of the mobile device; (b) determining a product or service available at, in or within a predetermined distance of, the geographical location; (c) formatting a voucher containing information associated with the product or service; and (d) printing the voucher using the printer.
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1. A method of printing a voucher comprising the steps of:
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providing a hand-held mobile telecommunications device that has a wireless transceiver for sending and receiving data via a telecommunications network, a printer for printing on a print medium with a predetermined print resolution and a sensor in a media fee path of the printer for sensing a data track and second coded data distributed across an area of the print medium during printing on the print medium, the data track extending parallel to a media feed direction in which the print media passes the printer, the second coded data encoding information indicative of a unique identity for the print medium; determining a geographical location of the hand-held mobile telecommunications device; determining a product or service available at, in or within a predetermined distance of, the geographical location; formatting a voucher containing information associated with the product or service; printing the voucher using the printer by generating a fire control signal from the sensor output as the sensor senses the data track in order to determine a registration between what is printed in the area of the print medium and the second coded data; and transmitting information associating the unique identity of the print medium and the voucher to a remote computer system via the wireless transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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