Patent ID: 7697714

Claim:
A method of associating an electronic object with a sticker placed on a surface, the method including the steps of: receiving indicating data from a sensing device placed in operative positions relative to a first and second regions respectively 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 surface having disposed thereon second coded data encoding an identity of the surface and a plurality of locations on the surface, the sensing device being responsive to sense at least some of the first coded data and sense, through the second region, at least some of the second coded data and generate indicating data using the sensed first coded data and the sensed second coded data, the indicating data being at least partially indicative of the identity of the sticker, the identity of the surface and the position on the surface exposed by the second region; identifying, 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 the electronic object; and associating 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.