Patent ID: 8063888

Claim:
In an interactive display device comprising a touch-sensitive surface, a method of identifying a data storage device placed on the touch-sensitive surface, the method comprising: detecting a presence and location of an object including the data storage device on the surface of the display device; detecting a plurality of data storage devices on a wireless communications channel, the plurality of data storage devices including the data storage device included with the object on the surface of the display device; distinguishing the object comprising the data storage device placed on the display and detected via the wireless communications system from one or more data storage devices not placed in the display but detected via the wireless communications channel by sending a request to each data storage device detected over the wireless communications channel for the data storage device to emit or receive a locating signal over a second communications channel, and communicating with the object detected on the surface of the display over the second communications channel; after distinguishing which data storage device detected on the wireless communications channel is included with the object detected on the surface of the display device, receiving data from the data storage device included with the object detected on the surface of the display via the wireless communications channel; and displaying on the display device the data received from the data storage device.