USOO6771283B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 6,771,283 B2 Carro (45) Date of Patent: Aug. 3, 2004 (54) METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING (56) References Cited INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION OR SERVICES BY U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS TOUCHING HIGHILIGHTED ITEMS ON PHYSICAL DOCUMENTS 6,587,859 B2 * 7/2003 Dougherty et al. ...... 707/104.1 (75) Inventor: Fernando Incertis Carro, Valencia * cited by examiner (ES) Primary Examiner Kristine Kincaid (73) Assignee: International Business Machines ASSistant Examiner Boris Pesin Corporation, Armonk, NY (US) (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm-L. P. Herzberg; E. W. Petraske (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 (57) ABSTRACT U.S.C. 154(b) by 399 days. Method and System for Selecting and accessing multimedia information/Services located on a user WorkStation or on a (21) Appl. No.: 09/841,930 Server by touching finger items that are electronically illu (22) Filed: Apr. 25, 2001 minated over the Surface of a hard-copy document or any other physical Surface. The System includes: an opto-touch (65) Prior Publication Data foil, placed over (or under) a portion of the document, used to highlight hyperlinked items over the Surface of the US 2002/0087598 A1 Jul. 4, 2002 physical document and to read coordinates of these hyper (30) Foreign Application Priority Data linked items, and a user WorkStation for accessing the information/Service associated with the hyperlinked items. Apr. 26, 2000 (FR) .......................................... OO 48OO37 Hyperlinked items are illuminated by the luminous Signal (51) Int. Cl." .................................................. G09G 5/00 for identifying and Selecting hyperlinked items. When a user (52) U.S. Cl. ....................... 345/702; 345/863; 34.5/173; Selects an item, the WorkStation receives a signal indicating 345/174; 34.5/175; 34.5/176; 34.5/178; 34.5/180; the position of this selected item. The user workstation 178/1801; 178/18.09 identifies, locates and accesses the information/Service asso (58) Field of Search ................................. 345/702, 863, ciated with the position of the Selected item. 345/180, 173-179, 104; 178/18.01-18.11, 1901-1909 32 Claims, 16 Drawing Sheets 200 203 20 201 Physical document 205 U.S. Patent Aug. 3, 2004 Sheet 1 of 16 US 6,771,283 B2 103 f02 s s 101 flash, as of the iderwd drafena tailed for the aort of sullow airst A ave people buivers agarther saw severratified. 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Proating U.S. Patent Aug. 3, 2004 Sheet 2 of 16 US 6,771,283 B2 201 202 Physical document Fig. 2 U.S. Patent Aug. 3, 2004 Sheet 3 of 16 US 6,771,283 B2 Product Major Process and Sub-assemblies Components Scratch-Resistant 301 302 307 305 U.S. Patent Aug. 3, 2004 Sheet 4 of 16 US 6,771,283 B2 U.S. Patent Aug. 3, 2004 Sheet 5 of 16 US 6,771,283 B2 INTERNET / 500- USER INTERFACE 502 510 Hyperlink is CA 507 509 U.S. Patent Aug. 3, 2004 Sheet 6 of 16 US 6,771,283 B2 David Nash Ford Early British Kingdoms http://freespace. virgin.net/ Document: 387 (C) CelticWorld Ltd., Binfield, Berkshire, UK (1999) U.S. Patent Aug. 3, 2004 Sheet 7 of 16 US 6,771,283 B2 \, \, YArthur the Myth, Some people believe that King Arthur is so inextricably tied up in Celti& Mythology that he must, in origin, have been, not a man at all, but a God. Like satiary other characters featured in the Mabinogion, Arthur it his earliestforn, appears almost entirely mythical. He and his companions have siperhuman strength and abilities, and consort with giant and other mythological creatures. In the early Welsh poem "Preiddeu Annwfn", Arthur visits the Celtic Underworld, Annwfn, Ever in Geoffrey and Malo, upon being fataly wounded in battle, Arthur is carried to the mystical Avalon, apparently the Underworld hore of the Celtic god, Afallach, Many legends around the country attest to Arthurs immortality, for he sleeps in one of filleOS des waiting to return and lead his people. The name Arthur itself appear to derive from the Celtic word Art, meaning 'bear'. Coul Arthur like so many other Celtic gods, be merely a personification of the thany revered animals of the wild? Later to become huntanized like Beli Mawr or Bran the Blessed. The constellation of Ursa Major or the Great Bear is, after all, sometimes known as Arthur's Wain. There was indeed a Celtic Bear-God, Artia, worshipped in Switzerland and around Trier, but she was, in fact, a goddess and there is no trace of her in Britain Some theorists claim Arthur was a late addition to the Celtic pantheon during a resurgence on pagan worship, or possibly a mythical hero, the offering of a human and a bear. There is no evidence for either. - 16 U.S. Patent Aug. 3, 2004 Sheet 8 of 16 US 6,771,283 B2 Doc 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 O Pg Arthur the Myth. Some people believe that King Arthur is so inextricably tied up in Celtic Mythology that he must, in origin, have beer, not a man at all, but a God. Like so many other characters featured in the Mabinogion, Arthur in his earliest form, appears almost entirely rythical. He and his companions have superhuman strength and abilities, and consort with giants and other iythological creatures. In the early Welsh poem "Preiddeu Annwfn", Arthur visits the Celtic Underworld, Annwfiq. Even in Geoffrey and Malory, upon being fatally wounded in battle, Arthsir is carried to the mystical Avalan, apparently the Underworld home of the Celtic god, Afallach. Many legends around the country attest to Arthur's immortality, for he sleeps in one of numerous caves waiting to return and lead is people. The name Arthur itself appears to derive frans the Celtic word Art, meaning "hear". Cotul Arthur, like so many other Celtic gods, be merely a personification of the many revered animals of the wild? Later to become humanized like Beli Mawr or Bran the Blessed. The constellation of Ursa Major or the Great Bear is, after all, sometimes known as Arthur's ain. There was indeed a Celtic Bear-God, Artia, worshipped in Switzerland and around Trier, but she was, in fact, a goddess and there is no trace of her in Britaint Some theorists claim Arthur was a late addition to the Celtic pantheory during a resurgence on pagan worship, or possibly a mythical hero, the offering of a human and a bear. There is no evidence for either. - 6 - U.S. Patent Aug. 3, 2004 Sheet 9 of 16 US 6,771,283 B2 Doe 1 2 3 4 5 s 7 8 g o Pg Arthur the Myth. Some people believe that King Arthur is so inextricably tied up in Celtic Mythology that he must, in origin, have been, not a man at all, but a God. Like so many other characters featured in the s Arthur in his earliest for, appears almost entirely mythical. He and 1 rpus aw his companions have superhunar strength and abilities, and consort with giants and other mythological creatures. In the early elsh poem "Preiddeu Annwfn", Arthur visits the Celtic Underworld, Annwfn, Even in Geoffrey and Maiory, upon being fatally wounded in battle, Arthur is carried to the mystical apparently the s Underworld home of the Celtic god, Many legends around is a the country attest to Arthur's immortality, for he sleeps in one of numerous caves waiting to return and lead his people. The name Arthur itself appears to derive from the Celtic word Art, meaning "bear". Coul Arthur, like so many other Celtic gods, be rerely a personification of the many revered animals of the wild? Later to become kunanized like or Bran the Blessed. The ra constellation of Ursa Major or the Great Bear is, after all, sometimes his was known as Arthur's Wain. There was indeed a Celtic Bear-God, Artia, worshipped in Switzerland and around Trier, but she was, in fact, a goddess and there is no trace of her in Britaint Some theorists claim Arthur was a late addition to the Celtic pantheon during a resurgence on pagan worship, or possibly a mythical hero, the offering of a human and a bear.