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Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jake Love, Malvern, GB;

Leonardo V. Castorina, Grand-Lancy, CH;

Thomas G. O'Leary, St Albans, GB;

Weilun Gong, London, GB;

Giacomo Giuseppe Chiarella, Eastleigh, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04166 (2019.05); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/04186 (2019.05);
Abstract

An information carrier object is provided for providing information via a touch-sensitive interface of a computing device. The information carrier object includes a substrate supporting a planar region on which a plurality of touchpoints is defined. A first subset of the touchpoints are data-encoding touchpoints arranged in a circular geometric configuration in which a position of each touchpoint conveys encoded data and a second subset of the touchpoints are reference touchpoints in relation to which data-encoding touchpoints are positioned. A method and system are provided for retrieving information from an information carrier object applied to a touch-sensitive interface.


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