Patent ID: 7979149
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: B41J,G06F,G06Q,H04M,H04N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of playing audio data by a portable device, said method comprising the steps of: sensing, by an optical sensor of the portable device, at least one tag on a surface, each tag encoding an identity of the surface and a location of that tag on the surface; recording audio data by an audio system of the portable device; determining, by a processor of the portable device, the identity of the surface and the location of the tag sensed by the optical sensing device on the surface; communicating by the portable device the audio data, the identity of the surface and the location of the tag to a computer system; associating, by the computer system, the audio data with the identity of the surface and the location of the tag; wherein, upon subsequent sensing of the tag by the optical sensor, the method comprises the further steps of: communicating by the portable device the identity of the surface and the location of the tag to the computer system; retrieving, by the computer system, the audio data associated with the identity of the surface and the location of the tag; communicating the audio data from the computer system to the portable device; and playing back the audio data retrieved by the portable device.