Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Anders Borgstr&ouml;m

Magnus Hollstr&ouml;m

Torbj&ouml;rn G&auml;rdenfors

Nils Rutger Rydbeck

&Ouml;rjan Johansson

A method and system for initiating functions on an electronic device includes using a sensor to detect a pattern on a specially formatted surface. The pattern can comprise an arrangement of dots, a particular symbol printed on the surface, or a specific pattern written with an electronic reading device. Using the detected pattern, a corresponding predefined function stored in a memory is identified and performed by a processor/controller. The electronic device can include an electronic reading device that includes the sensor and the processor/controller or can include a device that is separate from the sensor. Similarly, the function can be stored in the electronic reading device, in the electronic device that performs the function, or in an external server. The specially formatted surface preferably comprises a paper having preprinted areas associated with particular functions and/or applications executable on the electronic device.

Predefined electronic pen applications in specially formatted paper

A system and method for providing user input to a device of any type uses an electronic reader. The device can be any type of physical object and includes an address pattern statically printed thereon or generated in the background of a display. By detecting a portion of the address pattern, the device can be identified and a particular location on the device can be determined. This information can be used to control or otherwise provide input to the device, such as when the device is an electronic device, or to initiate a function or store information relating to one or more detected positions of the electronic reader.

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Skanör, Sweden

Anders Borgström

Growing community of inventors

Skanör, Sweden

Anders Borgstr&ouml;m

Anders Borgström