Method and system for accessing interactive multimedia information or services by touching marked items on physical documents

A system comprising:

• a user system comprising:
• means for identifying a physical document, the physical document comprising one or more pages;
• means for identifying a page of the physical document;
• means for determining a position of a point pressed on a touch foil, the touch foil being placed and aligned over or under the identified page of the physical document, the identified page comprising one or more marked items, and the touch foil being pressed at a point corresponding to a selected marked item;
• means for identifying the selected marked item by referring to a hyperlink table, the hyperlink table comprising an indication of a position of each marked item on the identified page;
• means for identifying information or a service associated with the selected marked item by referring to the hyperlink table, the hyperlink table comprising, for each marked item of each page of the document, identification on a server of the information or the service associated with the selected marked item;
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• means for accessing the information or the service associated with the selected marked item.

A computer program stored on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising:

• a step to identify a physical document, the physical document comprising one or more pages;
• a step to identify a page of the physical document;
• a step to determine a position of a point pressed on a touch foil, the touch foil being placed and aligned over or under the identified page of the physical document, the identified page comprising one or more marked items, and the touch foil being pressed at a point corresponding to a selected marked item;
• a step to identify the selected marked item by referring to a hyperlink table, the hyperlink table comprising an indication of a position of each marked item on the identified page;
• a step to identify information or a service associated with the selected marked item by referring to the hyperlink table, the hyperlink table comprising, for each marked item of each page of the document, identification on a server of the information or the service associated with the selected marked item;
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• a step to access the information or the service associated with the selected marked item.

A method of creating hyperlinks by touching marked items on a physical document, for use in a user system connected to a communication network comprising one or plurality of servers, the method comprising the steps of:

• creating a hyperlink table for a physical document, the physical document comprising one or more pages;
• identifying a page of the physical document;
• determining a position of points pressed on a touch foil, the touch foil being placed and aligned over or under the identified page of the physical document, the identified page comprising one or more marked items, the touch foil being pressed at points corresponding to a marked item;
• storing in the hyperlink table an identification of the physical document for each page of the physical document;
• storing in the hyperlink table an identification of the identified page;
• storing in the hyperlink table an identification within the communication network of information or a service associated with each marked item;
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• storing, in the hyperlink table, positions of points corresponding to marked items, the hyperlink table comprising, for each marked item, an indication of its position on the identified page.

A system comprising:

• a user system comprising:
• means for creating a hyperlink table for a physical document, the physical document comprising one or more pages;
• means for identifying a page of the physical document;
• means for determining a position of points pressed on a touch foil, the touch foil being placed and aligned over or under the identified page of the physical document, the identified page comprising one or more marked items, the touch foil being pressed at points corresponding to a marked item;
• means for storing in the hyperlink table an identification of the physical document for each page of the physical document;
• means for storing in the hyperlink table an identification of the identified page;
• means for storing in the hyperlink table an identification within the communication network of information or a service associated with each marked item;
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• means for storing, in the hyperlink table, positions of points corresponding to marked items, the hyperlink table comprising, for each marked item, an indication of its position on the identified page.

A computer program stored on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising:

• a step to create a hyperlink table for a physical document, the physical document comprising one or more pages;
• a step to identify a page of the physical document;
• a step to determine a position of points pressed on a touch foil, the touch foil being placed and aligned over or under the identified page of the physical document, the identified page comprising one or more marked items, the touch foil being pressed at points corresponding to a marked item;
• a step to store in the hyperlink table an identification of the physical document for each page of the physical document;
• a step to store in the hyperlink table an identification of the identified page;
• a step to store in the hyperlink table an identification within the communication network of information or a service associated with each marked item;
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• a step to store, in the hyperlink table, positions of points corresponding to marked items, the hyperlink table comprising, for each marked item, an indication of its position on the identified page.