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US 2011/0214318 A1Published application
Paper Stock Card with Wireless Communication Capability
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorGregory A. Dunko
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Abstract
A wireless greeting card or post card includes memory for storing digital content and a wireless transceiver for transferring the digital content to a recipient user device in close proximity to the wireless paper stock card.
Claims12
A greeting card comprising:
- a card substrate;
- memory disposed on said card substrate for storing digital content;
- a wireless transceiver disposed on said card substrate for communicating with a recipient user device;
- a switch for activating said wireless transceiver and control unit by a recipient of the card;
- and
- a control unit operatively connected to the memory, wireless transceiver, and switch, said control unit configured to establish communication with said recipient user device and to transfer said digital content stored in memory to said recipient user device responsive to activation of said switch by a recipient of said card.
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A method implemented by a wireless device disposed on a greeting card sent from a sender to a recipient, said method comprising:
- establishing a communication link between the wireless device on the greeting card and a recipient user device;
- and
- transferring digital content stored in memory on the greeting card to the user device.
A wireless communication device comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a baseband processing and control circuit for processing signals transmitted and received by said transceiver;
- and
- a memory storing a greeting card application including program code for:
- communicating with a wireless greeting card;
- and
- downloading content from said wireless greeting card.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.