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US 6,750,978 B1Granted
Print media information system with a portable print media receiving unit assembly
AssigneeLeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsJames Marggraff, Michael C. Wood
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel interactive information system which can be used to make a traditional print medium such as a magazine, “interactive”. When the traditional print medium is placed on a print media receiving unit in a predetermined position, a user can interact with the traditional print medium. Printed matter elements on the printed medium can be made “selectable” by the user.
Claims38
A print media information system comprising:
- (a) a portable print media receiving unit assembly including
- (i) a platform including a surface and a print medium on the surface,
- (ii) an electronic position determining system capable of determining a position of a selected portion of the print medium using an electronic map that correlates print elements in the print medium with their locations in the print medium when the print medium is disposed on the surface, wherein the electronic position determining system includes a processor,
- (iii) an audio output device coupled to the processor, and
- (iv) a writeable memory device coupled to the processor, wherein the audio output device and the processor are included in the platform in the portable print media receiving unit assembly;
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- (b) an information server computer adapted to send auxiliary information to a user via the Internet after receiving the information relating to the position of the selected portion of the print medium, and wherein the information server computer is also adapted to transmit the electronic map that correlates the print elements in the print medium with their locations in the print medium to the user via the Internet for use in the portable print media receiving unit assembly,
- wherein the writeable memory device is adapted to receive and store the auxiliary information from the information server computer and store the electronic map that correlates the print elements in the print medium with their locations in the print medium.
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A method of augmenting a print medium, the method comprising:
- (a) electronically encoding information relating to portions of the print medium;
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- (b) transmitting the information relating to the portions of the print medium to a user via the Internet using a server computer, wherein the transmitted information is to be used in a portable print media receiving unit assembly comprising
- (i) a platform including a surface with the print medium on the surface,
- (ii) an electronic position determining system capable of determining a position of a selected portion of the print medium using an electronic map that correlates print elements in the print medium with their locations in the print medium when the print medium is disposed on the surface, wherein the electronic position determining system comprises a processor,
- (iii) an audio output device coupled to the processor, and
- (iv) a writeable memory device for storing the electronic map, the writeable memory device being coupled to the processor, wherein the audio output device and the processor are included in the platform in the portable print media receiving unit assembly;
- wherein the information relating to portions of the print medium includes auxiliary information relating to a print element in the print medium and wherein the method further comprises
- transmitting the electronic map that correlates print elements in the print medium with their locations in the print medium to the user via the Internet for use in the portable print media receiving unit assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.