| US 7,577,428 B2 | ||
| Method of enabling telephone control via printed control interface | ||
| Paul Lapstun, Balmain (Australia); Simon Robert Walmsley, Balmain (Australia); Jacqueline Anne Lapstun, Balmain (Australia); and Kia Silverbrook, Balmain (Australia) | ||
| Assigned to Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales (Australia) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 11, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/329,187. | ||
| Application 11/329187 is a continuation of application No. 09/721895, filed on Nov. 25, 2000, granted, now 7,295,839. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. PQ4392 (AU), filed on Dec. 01, 1999. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0111090 A1, May 25, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04M 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04M 1/68 (2006.01); H04M 3/16 (2006.01); G06K 9/22 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—420 [455/411; 455/418; 455/419; 178/18.01; 382/312; 382/313; 382/317] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A method of enabling at least one operation of a telephone to be controlled, the telephone being operative to perform the
at least one operation in response to at least one command from a computer system, the method including the steps of:
providing a control interface containing visual information relating to the at least one operation and coded data portions,
each coded data portion being indicative of a unique identity of the control interface and the position of the coded data
portion on the control interface;
receiving, in the computer system and from a sensing device placed in an operative position relative to the control interface
and configured to sense and decode the coded data portions, indicating data regarding the position of the sensing device relative
to the control interface and the unique identity of the control interface;
determining, in the computer system, the telephone;
determining, in the computer system, at least one operation associated with the position and unique identity; and
sending, by the computer system, one or more commands to the telephone, thereby effecting the at least one operation.
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