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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2000
Anders Borgström, Skanör, SE;
Magnus Hollström, Lund, SE;
Torbjörn Gärdenfors, Malmö, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
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.