Patent ID: 11968054
Assignee: THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LTD
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A system for broadcasting a message to a wearer of a watch, the system comprising said watch and elements configured to communicate with one another including an electronic device and a server of a trusted third-party provider of messages, said watch comprising a dial, wherein the electronic device includes processing circuitry configured to:
display horometrical information via an aperture of a dial of the watch, the horometrical information being arranged on a surface of a rotatable disc;
in response to actuation of a control member arranged on an external surface of the watch, rotate the disc so that the horometrical information is no longer displayed via the aperture, but a graphical representation that was not displayed before the rotating is displayed via the aperture,
decode, by the electronic device, a matrix code included in the graphical representation;
generate, by the electronic device in response to decoding the matrix code, a request to obtain a digital file comprising message data, the request including address data of the digital file, the address data being obtained from the matrix code,
transmit, to the server by the electronic device, the generated request;
receive, by the electronic device from the server in response to transmitting the request, the digital file comprising the message data; and
output, by the electronic device, the received message data.