| US 7,380,712 B2 | ||
| Method and system for interacting with a product item | ||
| Kia Silverbrook, Balmain (Australia); Paul Lapstun, Balmain (Australia); and Simon Robert Walmsley, Balmain (Australia) | ||
| Assigned to Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales (Australia) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 01, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/712,434. | ||
| Application 11/712434 is a continuation of application No. 10/409845, filed on Apr. 09, 2003, granted, now 7,225,979. | ||
| Application 10/409845 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/663701, filed on Sep. 15, 2000, granted, now 6,995,859. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. PQ2912 (AU), filed on Sep. 17, 1999; and application No. PQ3632 (AU), filed on Oct. 25, 1999. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0145128 A1, Jun. 28, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 235—383 [235/375; 235/494] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method of interacting with a product item, said product item comprising a product contained in a package, said package
having an interface surface containing information relating to the product, the interface surface having disposed thereon
coded data identifying a product item identity and a plurality of locations on the interface surface, said method comprising,
in a sensing device, the steps of:
sensing at least some of the coded data in the vicinity of the sensing device when a user interacts with the product item
by placing the sensing device in an operative position relative to the interface surface;
generating indicating data using at least some of the sensed coded data, said indicating data comprising data regarding the
identity of the product item and a position of the sensing device relative to the interface surface; and
sending the indicating data to a computer system, thereby enabling the computer system to identify the interaction between
the user and the product item.
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