Method and system for printing a photograph
CA 2375247 C · Owner: Silverbrook, Kia · Inventors: Lapstun, Paul; Silverbrook, Kia
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A method of printing a digital photo including transmitting instructions for printing the photo to a printer, printing the photo onto a surface using the printer; also printing on the surface coded data indicative of an identity of the photo and a plurality of reference points on the photo wherein the coded , data is printed on the surface in a form which can be read by an optical sensing device to identify a location of the sensing device relative to the photo, thereby enabling a function to be invoked in relation to the photo.
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- Filed May 24, 2000 and granted December 20, 2011. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 24, 2020.
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