Patent ID: 6874683
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
1. A virtual image album system comprising: a card comprising a memory device and a substrate having indicia formed thereon which is representative of image data accessible via said card, said memory device storing mapping data that defines, in relation to each indicium, a bounding box delineating a mapped position of said indicium on the substrate, said mapping data being further arranged to associate said mapped position of said indicium on said substrate with corresponding function data stored in said memory device and identifying at least one function to be performed; and a reader for said card, said reader comprising a touch sensitive membrane arranged to overlay an inserted said card and through which said indicia are visible, said reader being adapted to process touch coordinates in response to a user selection of said indicium and to output specific function data associated with the selected indicium if the touch coordinates correspond to the bounding box associated with the selected indicium, the at least one function includes a function to reference specific image data.