Patent №
US 7,316,347
Granted
2008-01-08
Filed 2005
Owner
CTB MCGRAW-HILL
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11030305
A method and system to link an article such as a publication to supplemental content through the use of an RFID tag embedded or attached to the article. Based on the electronic data within the RFID tag, a computer system or other network enabled device obtains specific and appropriate supplemental content for the publication or for a specific copy of a the publication. While the primary application of the invention deals with printed publications, connecting to a server as the source of the supplemental content via a network or the internet, and displaying supplemental content through a standard browser, the system and method can be advantageously used to obtain supplemental content for a variety of documents or objects and the content can be obtained from a variety of sources.
AI classification
Ownership
CTB MCGRAW-HILL
assignment · 161580757
Assignors
POOR, DAVID DEAS SINKLER
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.