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Method and apparatus for providing user interaction via transponders

  • US 8,593,255 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2009
  • Issued: 11/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • causing, at least in part, detection at an apparatus of a signal from at least one of a plurality of transponders disposed on a dynamically reconfigurable display, wherein the apparatus is physically separated from the display, and each of the transponders physically corresponds to an area of the display;

    determining by the apparatus an action in response to the signal, wherein the action is related to content displayed in the respective area of the display; and

    causing, at least in part, transmission from the apparatus to a secured website of authentication information for use of the transponders and the secured website in response to the action determination; and

    designating a plurality of areas of the display corresponding to the transponders as an array;

    wherein the transmission of the authentication information to the secured website is triggered when the apparatus approaches the array within a predetermined distance in a predetermined pattern, order, or a combination thereof, that includes some or more of the areas of the array,wherein the authentication information is based, at least in part, on a service associated with the action and the secured website, andwherein the apparatus is a user terminal that includes a transponder reader.

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