Printed book augmented with an electronic virtual book and associated electronic data
AssigneeIthaca Media Corporation
InventorsJerry Iggulden, Christopher J. Husa, Ben Davidson
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Abstract
A system and method for augmenting a printed text with electronically stored data in the form of images, sounds and/or supplemental text. A printed book contains a plurality of pages of text. An electronic virtual book emulates the appearance of the printed book. The virtual book may only be accessed with a password that is contained in the printed book. The text of the book is augmented with information linked to the virtual book, including, for example, vocalization of the text of the book.
Claims20
A method for augmenting a printed text with electronically stored data comprising the steps of:
- providing a printed book having a plurality of pages of text;
- providing a password with the printed book;
- providing access to an electronic facsimile of the printed book upon use of the password;
- displaying at least one page of the electronic facsimile, said page being formatted to appear substantially identical to a corresponding page of the printed text, said page of the electronic facsimile including a linking indicator embedded therein;
- designating said linking indicator on the electronic facsimile;
- providing access to a data storage device storing data associated with said linking indicator;
- and
- presenting said data stored in the data storage device.
A system for augmenting a text with electronically stored data comprising:
- a printed book having a plurality of pages of text, said printed book including a password;
- means for providing access to an electronic facsimile of the printed book upon use of the password;
- means for displaying at least one page of the electronic facsimile, said page being formatted to appear substantially identical to a corresponding page of the printed text, said page of the electronic facsimile including a linking indicator embedded therein;
- means for designating said linking indicator on the electronic facsimile;
- means for accessing to a data storage device storing data associated with said linking indicator;
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- means for presenting said data stored in the data storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.