Contact details retrieval using a printed medium

• US 8,112,120 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2011
• Issued: 02/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul, Hollins, Michael, Pickup, Colin John
• Primary Examiner(s): ZEWDU, MELESS NMN
• Application Number:
  US13/009,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20110109940A1
• Time in Patent Office: 384 Days
• Field of Search: 455 412- 413, 455/412.2, 4554141-4144, 455/418, 455/420, 455/460, 455/466, 455/517, 455/550.1, 455/552.1, 455557-558, 455/564, 4555661-5562, 455/412.1, 705/7.18, 705/13, 705/14.1, 705/14.19, 705/14.51, 705 42- 45, 705/319, 358 15- 19, 358/1.12, 358/1.15, 358/3.28, 358/505, 358/508, 358/526, 382103-105, 382/119, 382/170, 382122-123, 382191-192, 382/201, 382/306, 382317-321, 382/385, 270 101- 102, 270/52.01, 270/52.07, 270/52.14, 270/58.01, 709/203, 709217-219, 707/736, 707/739, 707/741, 707/755, 707/769, 707/784, 711/202, 711/203, 711/207
• US Class Current: 455/564
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/44 Augmented, consolidated or itemized billing statement or bill presentation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/83 Notification aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/84 Types of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0104 Augmented, consolidated or itemised billing statement, e.g. additional billing information, bill presentation, layout, format, e-mail, fax, printout, itemised bill per service or per account, cumulative billing, consolidated billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0176 Billing arrangements using internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/81 Notifying aspects, e.g. notifications or displays to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/8129 Type of notification

Abstract

A system for retrieving contact details using a print medium is disclosed. A sensor module senses data encoded on a surface of the print medium is sensed using. The sensed data encodes a print media identifier which uniquely identifies the print medium, and a two-dimensional position with respect to the surface of the print medium. A processor determines from the sensed data the print media identifier and the position of the sensor module relative to the surface of the print medium. The processor then retrieves contact details referenced by the print media identifier and the position of the sensor module from a database.

Claims

1. A system for retrieving contact details using a print medium, the system comprising:

a database for storing contact details referenced by print media identifiers and two-dimensional positions on the print medium identified by the print media identifiers;

a sensor module for sensing data encoded on a surface of the print medium, the data sensed by the sensor module encoding at least;

a print media identifier which uniquely identifies the print medium; and

a two-dimensional position of the sensor module with respect to the surface of the print medium; and

a processor networked with the sensor module and database for;

determining from the data sensed by the sensor module the print media identifier and the two-dimensional position of the sensor module relative to the surface of the print medium; and

retrieving the contact details referenced by the print media identifier and the two-dimensional position of the sensor module from the database.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a display for displaying information associated with or representative of the contact details.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a printer module for printing information associated with or representative of the contact details.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact details include information selected from the group consisting of one or more of a name, telephone number, address, email address and Internet address.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a communications device, wherein the processor further loads the contact details into an address book of the communications device.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5 wherein the communications device further dials a telephone number included in the contact details.

7. The system as claimed in claim 5 wherein the communications device further addresses a SMS, MMS or email using the contact details.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data encoded on the surface of the print medium further encodes a digital signature associated with the print media identifier, the processor further:

determines the digital signature from the data;

determines whether the digital signature is authentic; and

retrieves the contact details upon determining that the digital signature is authentic.