Method and system for accessing travel services
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Paul Lapstun, Jacqueline Anne Lapstun
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed which relate to accessing travel services via interface surfaces printed with information and coded data. The coded data, encoded visibly or invisibly, may be queried by an appropriate sensing device. The sensing device communicates with a computer system. Together, the interface surfaces, sensing device and computer system are capable of effecting travel service transactions over a network.
Claims70
A method of enabling a user to access travel services using a paper form containing information relating to a travel service transaction, the form including printed coded data, configured as tags, indicative of an identity of the form and of at least one location on the form, the method including the steps of:
- receiving, in a computer system, indicating data from a hand-held sensing device regarding the identity of the form and a position of the sensing device relative to the form, the sensing device, when placed by a hand of the user in an operative position relative to the form, sensing at least some of the coded data and generating the indicating data using at least some of the sensed coded data;
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- identifying, in the computer system and from the indicating data, at least one parameter relating to the travel service transaction.
A system for enabling a user to access travel services using a paper form containing information relating to a travel service transaction, the form including printed coded data, configured as tags, indicative of an identity of the form and of at least one location on the form, the system including:
- a computer system for receiving indicating data from a hand-held sensing device for identifying at least one parameter relating to the travel service transaction, the indicating data being indicative of the identity of the form and a position of the sensing device relative to the form, the sensing device, when placed by a hand of the user in an operative position relative to the form, sensing at least some of the coded data and generating the indicating data using at least some of the sensed coded data.
A method of enabling a user to access travel services using a paper form containing information relating to a travel service transaction, the form including printed coded data, configured as tags, indicative of at least one parameter of the travel service transaction, the method including the steps of:
- receiving, in a computer system, data from a hand-held sensing device regarding said at least one parameter and regarding movement of the sensing device relative to the form, the sensing device, when moved by a hand of the user relative to the form, sensing the data regarding said at least one parameter using at least some of the coded data and generating the data regarding its own movement relative to the form;
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- interpreting, in the computer system, said movement of the sensing device as it relates to said at least one parameter.
A system for enabling a user to access travel services using a paper form containing information relating to a travel service transaction, the form including printed coded data, configured as tags, indicative of at least one parameter of the travel service transaction, the system including:
- a computer system for receiving data from a hand-held sensing device regarding said at least one parameter and regarding movement of the sensing device relative to the form, and for interpreting said movement of the sensing device as it relates to said at least one parameter, the sensing device, when moved by a hand of the user relative to the form, sensing at least some of the coded data and generating the data regarding said at least one parameter using at least some of the sensed coded data, and generating the data regarding its own movement relative to the form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.