Interactive optical cards and other hand-held devices with increased connectivity
AssigneeKoplar Interactive Systems International, L.L.C.
InventorsEdward J. Koplar, Daniel A. Ciardullo
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Abstract
A system for deriving benefits from the reception and processing of composite video signals by a hand-held device, such as a smart card. Video signals are modulated with auxiliary data creating composite video signals. The composite video signals are then transmitted to and received by a hand-held device. The auxiliary data is then detected in the modulated video signal by circuitry of the hand-held device. The user receives benefits resulting from the reception of the auxiliary data.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- optically receiving on a hand-held device a modulated video signal, the modulated video signal including auxiliary data modulated in the modulated video signal in a substantially invisible way;
- decoding the modulated video signal on the hand-held device to reproduce the auxiliary data;
- comparing the auxiliary data against prestored data on the hand-held device to determine whether a data match was identified;
- enabling a prestored promotional opportunity within read only memory of the handheld device when the data match was identified;
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- allocating one or more points on the hand-held device based on the enabling of the prestored promotional opportunity.
A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more processors perform the following operations:
- optically receive on a hand-held device a modulated video signal, the modulated video signal including auxiliary data modulated in the modulated video signal in a substantially invisible way;
- decode the modulated video signal on the hand-held device to reproduce the auxiliary data;
- compare the auxiliary data against prestored data on the hand-held device to determine whether a data match was identified;
- enable a prestored promotional opportunity within read only memory of the handheld device when the data match was identified;
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- allocate one or more points on the hand-held device based on the enabling of the prestored promotional opportunity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.