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Method and apparatus for accessing electronic data via a familiar printed medium

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  • US 8,910,876 B2
  • Filed: 09/06/2012
  • Issued: 12/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for displaying selected programming material on a user device by means of a machine recognizable feature within a printed matter and a user profile comprising a user preference, comprising the steps of:

  • recognizing the machine recognizable feature of the printed matter using a feature recognizing device coupled to the user device;

    identifying encoded data associated with the machine recognizable feature of the printed matter;

    transmitting, using the user device, the encoded data associated with the machine recognizable feature to a remote server;

    receiving programming material from the remote server selected from a plurality of programming materials associated with the machine recognizable feature based on said user preference; and

    displaying the selected programming material on a display.

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