Patent ID: 7904077
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: B41J,G06F,G06Q,H04M,H04N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a communications device, the method comprising the steps of: printing by a printer on a surface visual information relating to at least one operation of the communications device and coded data portions, each coded data portion encoding a region identifier which uniquely identifies a region on the surface, and a portion identifier which uniquely identifies the coded data portion; receiving, in a computer system and from a sensing device placed in an operative position relative to the coded data portions, indicating data regarding the region identifier and the portion identifier; determining, in the computer system, at least one operation associated with the region identifier and the portion identifier; and sending, by the computer system, one or more commands to the communications device, thereby effecting the at least one operation.