Patent ID: 7894629

Claim:
A method of associating an electronic object with a sticker placed on a surface, the sticker having first and second regions, the method including the steps of: sensing by a sensing device coded data when the sensing device is swiped across the first and second regions of the sticker, the first region having disposed thereon first coded data encoding an identity of the sticker and the second region exposing a position on the surface, the position on the surface having disposed thereon second coded data encoding an identity of the surface and data identifying the position on the surface; generating by the sensing device indicating data from the first and second coded data, the indicating data being indicative of the identity of the sticker, the identity of the surface and the position on the surface exposed by the second region; receiving by a computer system the indicating data form the sensing device; identifying, by the computer system and using the indicating data, the identity of the sticker, the identity of the surface and the position on the surface exposed by the second region; identifying by the computer system the electronic object; and associating by the computer system the electronic object with the identity of the sticker, the identity of the surface, and the position on the surface exposed by the second region.