Patent ID: 6832717
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: B41J,B42C,B42P,B65H,G06F,G06K,G06Q,G07F,H04N

Abstract:
A method of enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system, the method including the steps of:(a) providing an interface surface containing: human-readable information relating to the computer software; and coded data indicative of at least one interactive element relating to the computer software, wherein the information and the coded data are printed substantially simultaneously onto a substrate; and in the computer system: (b) receiving indicating data from a sensing device, the indicating data being generated using coded data sensed in response to placing of the sensing device in an operative position relative to the interface surface and being indicative of: (i) the at least one interactive element; and (ii) movement of the sensing device relative to the interface surface, (c) determining movement of the sensing device to the interface surface from the indicating data; (d) identifying the at least one interactive element from the indicating data; and (e) operating the computer software at least partly in reliance on the movement data, and in accordance with instructions associated with the at least one interactive element.