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US 2014/0151448 A1Published application
Systems and apparatus for expressing multimedia presentations corresponding to print media
OwnerSean Elwellinventor
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Abstract
A media asset system and method is provided comprising a handheld reader having a sensor enabled to detect a discrete coded zone within a visual image, with the reader capable of producing an output signal corresponding to the discrete coded zone. An output device responds to the output signal with an audio output presentation corresponding to the discrete coded zone. Output is responsive to the reader's selection of output action, and may also be provided for in a video presentation.
Claims14
A media asset system, comprising:
- a surface containing a discrete coded zone within a visual image, wherein said discrete coded zone corresponds to a predetermined output presentation;
- a handheld reader having a sensor enabled to detect said discrete coded zone, wherein said reader is capable of producing an output signal corresponding to said discrete coded zone;
- an audio output device for presenting said predetermined output presentation, wherein said audio output device is responsive to said output signal corresponding to said discrete coded zone;
- a memory having a plurality of files;
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- a processor in communication with said sensor, said memory, and said output device, wherein said processor selects from said plurality of files a file corresponding to said discrete coded zone and initiates said predetermined output presentation of said file;
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- a housing encompassing said handheld reader and said audio output device.
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A method for presenting a predetermined output presentation comprising the steps of:
- directing a beam of light at a discrete coded zone, causing said discrete coded zone to become additionally perceptible to a sensor of a handheld reader;
- detecting said discrete coded zone using said sensor;
- correlating said discrete coded zone to a file from a memory having a plurality of files selecting a file from said plurality of files corresponding to said discrete coded zone;
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- presenting said predetermined output presentation through an audio output device in response to said reader's detection of said discrete coded zone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.