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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2004
Applicants:

Nils Rydbeck, Cary, NC (US);

Örjan Johansson, Veberöd, SE;

Peter Danielsson, Stockholm, SE;

Stefan Hellqvist, Märsta, SE;

Jan Gabrielsson, Sollentuna, SE;

Inventors:

Nils Rydbeck, Cary, NC (US);

Örjan Johansson, Veberöd, SE;

Peter Danielsson, Stockholm, SE;

Stefan Hellqvist, Märsta, SE;

Jan Gabrielsson, Sollentuna, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/36 (2006.01); H04N 1/024 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and system for generating output from an electronic reading device is based on a detected position of the electronic reading device relative to a predefined address pattern on a specially formatted paper. Based on a periodic detection of successive positions of the electronic reading device, a printer on the electronic reading device is activated in a manner such that stored text or graphics are printed on the specially formatted paper. The printing can be accomplished, for example, using a thermo-print head of the electronic reading device in connection with a thermal sensitive paper. Either as an alternative to or in addition to printing, the electronic reading device can also generate an audio output based on the detected location of the electronic reading device.


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