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Device for including enhancing information with printed information and method for electronic searching thereof

US5517407A · kind A · utility

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36Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 30, 1994
Grant dateMay 14, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F15/0283
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An enhanced book includes, in addition to printed material, enhancing material such as additional text, graphics and sounds, the nature of which is limited solely by the ability to store the additional information in digital format, stored in a memory device attached to the book, together with a connector for allowing the enhanced book to be connected to an external computing device for accessing and presenting the enhanced information to the reader.

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