Patent ID: 7580765
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: B41J,G06F,G06Q,H04M,H04N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of integrating audio and an encoded writing medium using a handheld interactive apparatus, said method comprising: activating an audio recording mode of said interactive apparatus, said handheld interactive apparatus having a housing containing an optical image sensor, an audio input device, and an audio output device; and while recording audio, synchronously imaging said encoded writing medium with said optical sensor to create a playback-enabling audio annotation corresponding to said recorded audio, wherein said encoded writing medium comprises coded data printed as a plurality of identification tags, each identification tag identifying: the encoded writing medium so as to distinguish the writing medium from a plurality of other writing media with identification tags; and a location of the tag on the encoded writing medium.