Postcard with included multimedia software

A package containing a picture postcard and a multimedia software presentation on digital media. The postcard has a picture or illustration relevant to the geographic location it is being sold. The attached multimedia software presentation also contains images, video and information that are relevant to the general location in which the postcard is sold.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Referring now to FIG. 1 of the drawing, a single package is shown having a picture postcard 10 and attached multimedia software miniature CD-ROM 14 . The picture postcard shown is of a standard type in the industry of the approximate size of 6 inches wide and 4 inches tall with an area for address 12 , a greeting 15 and area for a postal stamp 11 . In addition to this standard picture postcard a protective sleeve 13 has been attached that contains multimedia software, in this view a miniature CD-ROM 14 of standard type in the industry for use on personal computers with standard CD-ROM drives. The protective sleeve 13 can be of most any material but the preferred package consists of clear plastic or a paper sleeve with a clear cellophane window for viewing. As seen in FIG. 2 , the mini CD-ROM 14 can be removed from the picture postcard 10 and the protective sleeve 13 remains attached to the picture postcard 16 . The multimedia CD-ROM 14 can then be inserted in an industry standard CD-ROM drive to be viewed. As seen in FIG. 3 , the picture postcard 10 has indicia 29 having some relevance to the area in which it is being sold, as is the standard in the industry. The CD-ROM of FIG. 2 14 also has an indicia FIG. 2 17 that is relevant to the area the package is being sold. FIG. 4 is a picture postcard 18 of a size that is determined by the size of the software media attached to it FIG. 5 19 . The indicia of the postcard FIG. 4 30 has relevance to the location that it is being sold. The standard size CD-ROM of FIG. 5 19 is attached to the postcard with a protective sleeve 20 and has an indicia that is relevant to the picture postcard it is attached 18 . The protective sleeve 20 can be of most any material but the preferred package consists of clear plastic or a paper sleeve with a clear cellophane window for viewing. The multimedia software contained on the standard size CD-ROM 19 is also relevant to the location that the package is being sold. FIG. 6 shows the CD-ROM 19 can be removed from the postcard 18 and the protective sleeve 20 remains attached to the picture postcard 18 . The multimedia CD-ROM 19 can then be inserted in an industry standard CD-ROM drive to be viewed. The indicia 21 may contain additional text such as instructions for installing the multimedia software. FIG. 7 is a front view of a picture postcard 23 that is in the form of a folding card with a fold indicated as in 22 . It is sized so as to be able to accept the size of multimedia software media contained within the package. FIG. 8 is the back view 23 of the postcard indicated in FIG. 7 23 . The back of postcard 23 has all the requirements of postcard able to be sent in the postal system requiring address, stamp and contains a space for a brief greeting 24 . FIG. 9 is the inside, or unfolded view of postcard 23 . As indicated in FIG. 9 the inside contains a space for additional indicia 25 and 26 , multimedia software media 27 and a protective sleeve holder 28 for the media. All postcard indicia, media indicia and multimedia software are relevant to the location where the postcard 23 is being sold.