| US 7,506,802 B2 | ||
| Method of performing an action in relation to a software object | ||
| Michael J Hollins, Balmain (Australia); Paul Lapstun, Balmain (Australia); Zhamak Dehghani, Balmain (Australia); and Kia Silverbrook, Balmain (Australia) | ||
| Assigned to Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales (Australia) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 19, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/228,519. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0063012 A1, Mar. 22, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 235—375 | 18 Claims |

| 1. A method of performing an action in relation to an object, the method including:
receiving, from a sensor, indicating data at least partially indicative of a position of the sensor relative to a surface,
the indicating daa being generated from sensing coded data on the surface, the coded data being indicative of a plurality
of locations on the surface;
indentifying, using the indicating data, the position;
determining a request to perform the action in relation to the object, the request being associated with the position;
identifying, using the request, action data indicative of at least one of:
the action;
the object; and,
a target device to perform the action in relation to the object; and,
performing, using the action data, the action in relation to the object.
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