Printing a calendar using a mobile device

• US 7,843,595 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2005
• Issued: 11/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Incorporated (BAE Systems Plc), Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul, Walmsley, Simon Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Haskins; Twyler L
• Assistant Examiner(s): DICKER, DENNIS T
• Application Number:
  US11/228,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20070064022A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,898 Days
• Field of Search: 358 11- 115, 235/462.45, 400/88, 705/64
• US Class Current: 358/1.18
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/445 Printers integrated in other types of apparatus, e.g. printers integrated in cameras

Abstract

A system for printing a calendar on a print medium that has coded data indicative of a print media identifier. The system uses a mobile telecommunications device which has a printer module to print the calendar on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium. The system generates an association between the print media identifier and the at least one calendar entry such that the sensor module decodes the print media identifier from the coded data to display information relating to the at least one calendar entry on the display screen and allow a user to perform an action in relation to the at least one calendar entry.

Claims

1. A system for printing a calendar on a print medium that has coded data indicative of a print media identifier, the system comprising:

a mobile telecommunications device comprising;

an inbuilt printer module;

an interlace to a remote server; and

,

a sensor module;

the printer module configured to print the calendar on the print medium such that the print medium displays at least one calendar entry, and the sensor module configured to sense a print media identifier of the print medium; and

,

an association between the print media identifier and the at least one calendar entry such that the sensor module decodes the print media identifier from the coded data to perform an action in relation to the at least one calendar entry.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coded data is encoded in a linear pattern on the print medium.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coded data is encoded in a two dimensional pattern on the print medium and is further indicative of a two-dimensional coordinate grid.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the printer module prints at least some of the coded data on the print medium.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the association of the at least one calendar entry with the print media identifier is stored in a database.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coded data comprises first coded data in a first format and second coded data in a second format, the first coded data encoding first information and the second coded data encoding second information, at least some of the first information being indicative of the print media identifier, the first format being a linear pattern, at least some of the second information being indicative of the print media identifier and of a two-dimensional coordinate grid, the second format being a two-dimensional pattern.

8. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the database is stored locally at the remote server.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile telecommunications device further includes:

a media feed path, such that when the print medium is presented in the media feed path at least some of the coded data is read using the sensor module, and the print media identifier is determined using the at least some read coded data.

11. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the print medium includes at least one interactive element associated with a linked object, and the linked object is associated with a region of the print medium using the second coded data, and the linked object is stored in an object repository.

12. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein printing requires paying for the calendar using the mobile telecommunications device.

13. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coded data is further indicative of at least part of a digital signature associated with the print media identifier wherein during use, the printer module prints the calendar upon successful authentication of the digital signature.

17. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the calendar is synchronised with another calendar on another terminal.

18. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the printer module is configured to print the calendar together with advertising.

2. The system as claimed in claim , wherein information associated with the calendar is stored in an archive.

10. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein information associated with the calendar can be subsequently retrieved from the archive using the print media identifier.

14. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the printed calendar is a permission token readable using the sensor module to at least one or retrieve the information associated with the calendar from the archive;

and gain access to a resource.

15. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein printing the calendar causes the information associated with the calendar to be stored in the archive.

16. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the information associated with the calendar includes one or more of:

the calendar;

a visual description of the calendar;

an image of the calendar;

an interactive description of the calendar;

contents of the calendar; and

calendar details.