Information retrieval and display

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G06F 3/14 (2006.01) G06F 17/30 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2320603

Apparatus for accessing a displayable information resource and tailoring retrieved information to a user's requirements comprises a tag reader (18), a decoder (34) for identifying a coded resource address (38) carried by a tag (28), and access means for accessing the identified resource. A display means (14, 22, 24, 48) displays information loaded from the accessed information resource. The disclosed embodiment employs printed RF tag technology, and the information resource is an Internet, intranet or extranet resource whose address (38) is a URL. The disclosed apparatus is embodied in an item of furniture, more specifically a table (10, 52). The tag reader (18) reads a tag (28) when a tagged item (26) is placed onto a support surface (14), and a display is presented by the support surface (14). The tagged item can, for example, be a product or its packaging, a ticket or token, or a letter or information sheet.

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