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Application No. 304623 filed on 05/03/1999
US Classes: 713/1 ,
DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM INITIALIZATION OR CONFIGURATION (E.G., INITIALIZING, SET UP, CONFIGURATION, OR RESETTING) 434/118 ,
COMPUTER LOGIC, OPERATION, OR PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTION 434/307R CATHODE RAY SCREEN DISPLAY AND AUDIO MEANS
Examiners Primary:
Heckler, Thomas M.
Attorney, Agent or Firm
Foreign Patent References 0 222 919 A1 EP. 05/10/1987 61-137797 JP. 06/10/1986 63-213016 JP. 09/10/1988 4-104699 JP. 04/10/1992
International Class G06F 009/445
Abstract In accordance with this invention, a remote control for an interactive media can include a printed publication and/or a storage media and/or a data button. One embodiment of a remote control includes a printed publication (such as a book, magazine or a catalog) and one or more buttons physically attached to the printed publication to allow users to remotely control use of associated electronic content by a host device. Another embodiment of a remote control has a housing capable of removably holding a storage media encoded with electronic content associated with a button of the remote control. Yet another embodiment of a remote control has at least one data button which permits the user to select the data to be displayed by the host device. An autostart driver in the host device detects insertion of a storage media into a peripheral and automatically starts an application. The application interprets button codes transmitted by the remote control and displays the results or initiates other events. An application development system allows an author to quickly create interactive media applications.
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Field of Search DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM INITIALIZATION OR CONFIGURATION (E.G., INITIALIZING, SET UP, CONFIGURATION, OR RESETTING) Loading initialization program (e.g., booting, rebooting, warm booting, remote booting, BIOS, initial program load (IPL), bootstrapping) COMPUTER LOGIC, OPERATION, OR PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTION AUDIO RECORDING AND VISUAL MEANS
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