WO2002076004A2 - Services, procedes et systemes de communication - Google Patents

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WO2002076004A2
WO2002076004A2 PCT/SE2002/000566 SE0200566W WO02076004A2 WO 2002076004 A2 WO2002076004 A2 WO 2002076004A2 SE 0200566 W SE0200566 W SE 0200566W WO 02076004 A2 WO02076004 A2 WO 02076004A2
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    • G06F3/0317—Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means in co-operation with a patterned surface, e.g. absolute position or relative movement detection for an optical mouse or pen positioned with respect to a coded surface
    • G06F3/0321—Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means in co-operation with a patterned surface, e.g. absolute position or relative movement detection for an optical mouse or pen positioned with respect to a coded surface by optically sensing the absolute position with respect to a regularly patterned surface forming a passive digitiser, e.g. pen optically detecting position indicative tags printed on a paper sheet

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  • the present invention relates generally to a system and method of revenue sharing between service and technology providers of a data transmission and communications system and, more particularly, to a system and a method of distributing revenue between the "partners" necessary to facilitate a mobile paper based service initiated by an end user.
  • Computers and other communications devices that are connected via a network allow individuals to electronically communicate, access information and services, and conduct various business transactions.
  • a network such as the Internet
  • Email has become a predominant tool for message transmission for both personal use and for businesses, and the use of Internet web sites for accessing information, goods, and services has become a part of daily life for many people in recent years.
  • a network may be accessed, and the user interface employed, can vary. For example, a user often accesses a mobile phone network after manipulating keys on the mobile phone, or in some instances through voice commands.
  • Network access through a personal digital assistant (PDA) may be achieved using a stylus on a touch-sensitive surface, and network access through a personal computer or laptop is often achieved through a keyboard or mouse.
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • One embodiment of the present invention includes a method of sharing revenue between a plurality of parties providing a technology service in which an end user uses a position indicia reading stylus to collect position information from a product having position identifying indicia thereon and a network infrastructure communicates a signal representing, or derived from, position information collected from said stylus to a network node that performs a technological service based on said signal.
  • the method includes forming an agreement between the parties regarding a percentage of revenue that each party should receive; providing the service via the network infrastructure to end users for a fee; collecting the fee from the end users; and distributing a portion of the fee to each party based on the percentage of revenue allocated to each party in the agreement.
  • Another embodiment of the invention includes a system of sharing revenue between a plurality of parties providing a service in which an end user uses a position indicia reading stylus to collect position information from a product having position identifying indicia thereon and a network infrastructure communicates a signal representing, or derived from, position information collected from said stylus to a network node that performs a technological service based on said signal.
  • the system includes means for estabhshing predetermined percentages of revenue allocated to each party in the plurality of parties; means for charging a fee allocated to each user for the use of the provided service; means for collecting the fee from each user to generate revenue and means for distributing the collected revenue so that each party in the plurality of parties receives a portion of the revenue equal to the predetermined allocated percentage.
  • Another embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus for calculating an allocation of revenue to a plurality of parties providing a service in which an end user uses a position indicia reading stylus to collect position information from a product having position identifying indicia thereon and a network infrastructure communicates a signal representing, or derived from, position information collected from said stylus to a network node that performs a service based on the signal.
  • the apparatus includes a database for tracking revenue information related to the service and a processor for calculating revenue to be allocated to each party of the plurality of parties as a function of the revenue information and a percentage of revenue allocated to each party of the plurality of parties.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram of an exemplary network environment to which principles of the present application may be applied;
  • FIG.2 is a diagram showing exemplary features of the network environment of FIG. 1 in more detail to demonstrate a possible end user environment to which principles of the present application may be applied;
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an exemplary flow of information among a plurality of network nodes in the context of the exemplary end user environment shown in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4. is a flow diagram depicting the process of forming the revenue sharing system and method of one embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 5 is a flow diagram depicting the responsible parties in the revenue sharing partnership agreement according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 6 is a flow diagram depicting the negotiation relationships between the parties of FIG. 5;
  • FIG.7 is a flow diagram depicting the percentage of revenue allocation to the parties in FIGS. 5 and 6 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG.8 is a flow diagram depicting a payment provider as part of the service provider and links to the network, end users and credit card companies, according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG, 9 is a flow diagram depicting the collection and distribution of revenue to the parties of FIG. 5 according to one embodiment of the present invention using an independent clearing house;
  • FIG. 10 is a general block diagram of an exemplary arrangement for calculating an allocation of revenue according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the present invention is a revenue sharing system and a method for technology and service providers in a communications network to share revenue.
  • the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1. Exemplary Network Arrangement and Services
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary network environment to which principles of the present invention may be applied.
  • an exemplary network environment 100 includes the following main components: (1) individual end users 1 lOa-1 lOn; (2) business end users 120a- 120n; (3) a network 130; (4) communications devices 140a-140n, respectively providing communications connections between the individual end users 1 lOa-11 On and the network 130; (5) communications devices 150a-150n, respectively providing communications connections between business end users 120a-120n and the network 130; (6) a technological service provider 160; (7) network operators 170a-170n; (8) service providers 180a-180n; and (9) payment providers 190a- 190n.
  • the number and types of components in network environment 100 are not limited to what is shown in FIG 1. For example, there may be several technological service providers.
  • the communications devices 140a»140n, 150a-150n, the technological service provider 160, the network operators 170a-170n, the service provider 180a-180n, and payment providers I90a-190n are connected via the network 130, thereby enabling the exchange of information and services among these components.
  • the network 130 may be any type of network or a combination of networks, for example having cellular wireless, landline, and/or satellite components, individually or in combination.
  • the technological service provider 160, the network operators 170a-170n, and the service providers 180a-l 80n are shown as discrete entities of the network environment 100, it should be recognized that the functionality of these components, discussed below may be consolidated, such that a single entity may function as both a technological service provider and a service provider, both a technological service provider and a network operator, both a service provider and a network operator, or as a technological service provider, a service provider, and a network operator.
  • Network operators 170a-170n may be entities that provide end users 1 lOa-1 lOn, 120a-
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing components of the network environment of FIG. 1 in more detail to demonstrate a possible end user environment to which principles of the present application may be applied.
  • an individual end user 110a uses a position indicia reading hand held device such as a pen or stylus 10 that is able to read position indicia from a surface 20.
  • the surface 20 that has position defining indicia thereon will be referred to herein as "digital paper," although it should be recognized that the surface 20 is not strictly limited to a paper product.
  • the stylus 10 detects position defining indicia to determine position/movement of the stylus 10 on the digital paper 20 and sends a signal representing, or derived from, position movement of the stylus 10 via the communications device 140a associated with the individual end user 110a and the network 130 to the technological service provider 160, a network operator 170, a service provider 180, and/or other entities connected to the network 130.
  • the communications device 140a includes a mobile phone 142 and a personal computer 144a. This arrangement for the communications device 140a is just one possibility.
  • the stylus/digital paper input technology that is the subject of this application enables a variety of services and applications.
  • the digital paper 20 may have an absolute-position-defining background pattern printed thereon, e.g., printed on the paper 20 using carbon-based black ink or another ink visible by infrared light.
  • a pattern of small dots with a nominal spacing between the dots of, e.g., 0.3 mm may be printed on paper of any desired size and shape.
  • the dots may be slightly displaced from a virtual grid structure to form areas or windows, for example including 6x6 dots and occupying a dimension of 2 mm x 2 mm.
  • Such an area which may be called a "symbol ,” uniquely defines an absolute position at an imaginary surface.
  • each dot may occupy four different positions and since there are 36 dots, the total combination of positions that can be coded is 2 72 , which corresponds to a surface area exceeding 60 x 10 6 km 2 .
  • the imaginary surface may be divided into numerous sub-surfaces of various sizes, some of which may be pre-defined for certain applications, such as those discussed below, while others may be licensed to companies and or authorities.
  • a more detailed description of position defining characteristics for a particular form of digital paper 20 is provided in U.S. Application No. 09/580,338, titled Position Determination," filed May 26, 2000 and U.S. Application No.
  • portions of the digital paper 20 may be provided with dot patterns that represent particular functions, commands, or information fields.
  • the stylus 10 may be a "digital pen" having the following elements: (1) a camera including light emitting diodes that iUuminate dots of the surface 20, e.g., via infrared light, and takes digital snapshots, e.g., at a rate of 100 per second, to capture images of die illuminated dots; (2) an image processor that calculates, e.g., in real-time, the position/movement/orientation of the stylus 10 on the surface 20 based on the dot pattern images captured from the surface 20; (3) a memory for storing coordinate information generated by the image processor, e.g., sufficient to store several hand-written pages; (4) a communication element, e.g., a wireless Bluetooth RF transceiver or an infrared transceiver, for sending/receiving information to/from the associated communications device 140a, or directly to the network 130; (5) an ink cartridge; (6) a force sensor that measures stylus tip force; and (7) a battery.
  • the stylus 10 may include additional or fewer components. It should also be recognized that the stylus 10 may include a transmitter for communicating directly over a network, instead of merely a transmitter for relaying information over a network through an intermediary communications device, such as a mobile telephone, or a network connected computer or PDA. The information transfer by the transceiver of the stylus 10 does not need to be wireless, but instead may be by cable.
  • a position determining function that may be performed by the stylus 10 is provided in U.S. Application No. 09/580,338, titled “Position Determination,” filed May 26, 2000 and U.S. Application No. 09/676,914, titled “Position Determination II- Graphic,” filed October 2, 2000, such description being herein incorporated by reference.
  • Carbon-based black, or other suitable, ink which may form the dot patterns on the surface 20 may be capable of absorbing infrared light emitted from the stylus 10 so that the position identifying patterns on the surface 20 may be read by the stylus 10 regardless of other colors or noncarbon-based black ink, printed thereon, provided the other colors do not absorb infrared light.
  • the stylus 10 may include intelligent character recognition (ICR) capabilities for interpreting letters and characters written in certain fields of the digital paper 20, e.g., for reading handwritten email addresses, fax numbers, or phone numbers.
  • ICR intelligent character recognition
  • business end users 120a-120n may likewise use a position indicia reading stylus 10 and a surface 20 having position defining indicia thereto to conduct business functions.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary flow of information for elements of the end-user/network environment shown in FIG. 2.
  • the stylus 10 sends stylus data, which may include a stylus-specific identification (ID) and coordinate information, which represents stylus position/movement data, to the technological service provider 160 via the network 130 and the intermediate communications device 140a, which includes a mobile phone 142a, e.g., with a Bluetooth F transceiver, and a computer 144a in the exemplary end user environment of FIG. 3.
  • Position information may include, for example, coordinates in the imaginary surface. It should be realized that the stylus 10 may store the coordinate information and/or other stylus data in memory for sending at a later occasion/time.
  • the technological service provider 160 may use the stylus-specific ID information for various purposes, e.g., to access, verify, and update account information of individual end user 110a and/or to update billing/account information.
  • the information transmitted by the stylus 10 may not be limited to stylus ID and coordinate information, depending on the capabilities of the stylus 10. For example, if the stylus 10 is provided with ICR capability, the stylus 10 may transmit text information.
  • the technological service provider 160 utilizes the coordinate information received from the stylus 10 to dete ⁇ nine the type of service or transaction the user is requesting, e.g., based on the sub-surface associated with the coorclinate information in the imaginary surface. Based on this determination, the technological service provider 160 identifies the service provider that will handle the service or transaction and sends routing data to the stylus 10 via the network 130 and the communications device 140a associated with the end user 110a. The routing data instructs the stylus 10 where, and in what format, to send the previously stored coordinate information, e.g., providing the stylus 10 with an Internet Protocol QP) address for the server associated with the appropriate service provider 180.
  • IP Internet Protocol
  • the stylus 10 sends the previously-stored coordinate information to the appropriate service provider 180 via the communications device 140a and the network 130.
  • the service provider 180 may send control data back to the stylus 10, e.g., indicating that the service/transaction is complete so that the stylus 10 may clear its memory.
  • the technological service provider 160 may perform additional "value-added" services.
  • the technological service provider 160 may translate the coordinate information received from the stylus 10 into a format, e.g., text data, that may be used to achieve the requested service.
  • the technological service provider 1 0 may itself perform any necessary routing, for example by tiansmitting the coordinate information received from the stylus 10 to the appropriate service provider.
  • FIGs.2-3, and variations thereof, may support a variety of communications services and commercial transactions, such as:
  • the end user 110 may write a note or sketch on digital paper 20, input a facsimile number in a designated field of the digital paper 20, or at a keyboard, e.g., associated with a mobile telephone, and check a portion of the surface 20 designated for a "send" function.
  • the technological service provider 160 receives identification and coordinate data from the stylus 10, recognizes that the end user 110 has requested facsimile service, and sends appropriate routing information to the stylus 10, e.g., routing information for a service provider 180 that supports facsimile service.
  • the stylus 10 Upon receiving routing information from the technological service provider 160, the stylus 10 sends the previously-stored coordinate information to the service provider 180 supporting facsimile service, which converts the coordinate information into a facsimile transmission to the designated fax number.
  • the end user 110 may write a note or sketch on the digital paper 20, input an email address in a designated field of the digital paper 20, or at a keyboard, e.g., associated with a mobile telephone, and check a portion of the digital paper 20 designated for a "send" function.
  • the technological service provider 160 will receive identification and coordinate data from the stylus 10, recognize that the end user 110 has requested email service, and send appropriate routing information to the stylus 10, e.g., routing information for a service provider 180 that supports email service).
  • the stylus 10 Upon receiving routing information from the technological service provider 160, the stylus 10 sends the previously-stored coordinate information to the service provider 180 supporting email service, which converts the coordinate information into an email message that is sent to the designated email address.
  • SMS Short Message Service
  • the end user 110 may write text on the digital paper 20, input a telephone number for an SMS-enabled device, e.g., a GSM mobile phone, in a designated field of the digital paper 20, or at a keyboard, e.g., associated with a mobile telephone, and check a portion of the digital paper 20 designated for a "send" function.
  • the technological service provider 160 receives identification and coordinate data from the stylus 10, recognizes that the end user 110 has requested SMS, and sends appropriate routing information to the stylus 10, e.g., routing information for a service provider 180 or network operator 170 that supports SMS.
  • the stylus 10 Upon receiving routing information from the technological service provider 160, the stylus 10 sends the previously-stored coordinate information to the network operator 170 or service provider 180 supporting SMS, which converts the coordinate information into a text message that is sent to the designated SMS-enabled device.
  • the end user 100 may purchase goods or services using the stylus 10 and the digital paper 20.
  • an advertisement for flowers may be printed on the digital paper 20 with portions containing positioning identifying dot patterns.
  • order information e.g., fields for name, address, credit card, delivery destination, etc.
  • Business end users 120a-120n may use the stylus 10 and the digital paper 20 in a manner similar to individual end users 110a- 11 On.
  • a business end user 120a may be an employee of a parcel delivery service having an inventory system, and equip each delivery personnel with a stylus 10 and digital paper 20 for transmitting delivery status information to a host computer connected to the network 130.
  • involvement of the technological service provider 160 may be optional,
  • the system may be implemented according to the steps shown in FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 4 depicts one example of an implementation process for the system and method of sharing revenue.
  • the parties needed for operation of the stylus/digital paper- based technology and services are identified.
  • the concept owner 230 which may be a party owning the relevant intellectual property, such as proprietary rights to the imaginary su£_aee and/or its use, is responsible for identifying the responsible parties.
  • the concept owner 230 arranges a partnership 310,
  • the partnership may be formed based on several considerations.
  • the considerations may include negotiations of licenses of intellectual property rights 312 to the responsible parties; negotiations of responsibilities of responsible parties 314; and negotiations of the percentage of revenue 315 each responsible party may receive.
  • step 320 the system and method of sharing revenue is placed in operation in step 320.
  • revenue is collected in the revenue collection step
  • the collected revenue may correspond to various types of user fees such as fees per use of the technological service provider 160, fees per use for the services provided by a service provider 180a-180n, subscription fees for services provided by the technological service provider
  • the fees also may encompass license fees for the use of the stylus/digital paper-based technology and services.
  • the collected revenue is distributed to the responsible parties according to the percentages negotiated in step 310.
  • FIG. 5 depicts responsible parties according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • the responsible parties may include service providers 180a-180n, technological service provider 160, pen manufacturer 210, digital paper manufacturer 220, concept owner 230 and service developers 240a-240n similar to the embodiment discussed above.
  • the concept owner 230 is the party or parties, which own the intellectual property rights surrounding the stylus/digital paper-based technology and services.
  • the concept owner 230 provides licenses to the other parties for the use of its patented technology.
  • technological service provider 160 provides a mapping look up service to map the coordinates on the digital paper to matching sub-surfaces.
  • the technological service provider 160 may be the same party as the concept owner 230.
  • the technological service provider 160 may license the property rights to the mapping look up service from the concept owner 230 and function as an independent entity.
  • the stylus and digital paper manufacturers 210 and 220 respectively, produce, market and distribute the stylus 10 and digital paper 20 as licensed by the concept owner 230,
  • the service developers 240a-240n develop new applications for the stylus/digital paper- based technology.
  • the partnership network expands as additional parties develop digital paper/stylus services and enhancements, thereby promoting proliferation of the digital paper/stylus as a form of input technology.
  • the new services are provided to users via the network 130.
  • the digital paper manufacturers 220 may produce a new type of digital paper to support the new service.
  • the new digital paper may differ from the existing paper, for example by the color or graphical depictions on the paper and the shape.
  • the concept owner 230 will license its intellectual property rights.
  • the new services may be developed using application development kits produced by the concept owner 230. A detailed description of Application Development Kits is provided in U.S.
  • the service providers 180a- 180n may provide the end users 110, 120 with the services developed by the concept owner 230 and/or technological service provider 160. Examples of these services include the facsimile service, email, SMS, commercial applications and business applications discussed above.
  • the service providers 180a-180n also provide the users with any services developed by the service developers 240a-240n.
  • the service providers 180a-180n may set their own price for the services provided. However, the service providers 180a-180n may transfer a percentage of income to the partnership. The basis of the percentage of income could either be the number of user transactions, flat, e.g., a monthly fee or some combination thereof. Further, the amount charged to die users may differ based on the service provided.
  • the arrangement of the responsible parties is not limited to mat of FIG. 1 or 4. Rather, services/responsibilities could be combined between parties.
  • step 310 the concept owner 230 is responsible for initiating the formation of the partnership among the responsible parties.
  • the partnership is formed primarily through negotiations based on licenses to parties 312, negotiated responsibilities of parties 314, and negotiated percentage of revenue 315. However, other factors may be considered in the negotiations such as time and quantities. Also, in negotiating the percentage of revenue each party should have, it is desirable that the percentage will result in profit for the party after considering factors such as investment costs, license rights, overhead responsibilities such as marketing and billing and service provided.
  • the flow of negotiations is depicted in FIG.6 and the system percentages of revenue are depicted in FIG. 7.
  • the concept owner 230 has a direct relationship with the technological service provider 160, e.g., concept owner 230 may even be the technological service provider, as discussed above and below the stylus manufacturer 210 and the service developer 240.
  • the service developer 240 is given the responsibility by the concept owner 230 to allocate revenue between the paper manufacturer 220, service provider 180 and network operator 170.
  • the percentage revenue allocated to each of the parties will also differ based on the type of service provided.
  • Different revenue sharing arrangements may be applicable to each type of service.
  • the service developer 240 and service provider 180 may receive a relatively higher percentage of the revenue when end users 110, 120 use any open services that these parties developed, while the service developer 240 and service provider 180 may receive a relatively lower percentage of revenue when end users use the core services which have been developed by the concept owner 230, As a result, a different partnership arrangement for each category of open, core and open core services may be in operation simultaneously.
  • the concept owner 230 sets predetern ined revenue allocation percentages for certain responsible parties.
  • Figure 7 depicts one example of the allocation of percentage of revenue on percentages.
  • the concept owner 230 sets A% for the stylus manufacturer 210 and B% for the paper manufacturer 220. Additionally, the concept owner 230 sets C%, which is a rninimum level that the combination of the allocation of revenue percentage for the network operator 170a, service developer 240 and concept owner 230/technological service provider 160 should meet.
  • the service provider 180 receives Y%.
  • the relationship between the percentages is such that
  • the minimum level C% is set at a predeterniined level. Further, as the configurations of the parties change the rninimum level C% changes accordingly. For example, if the concept owner 230, technological service provider 160 and service provider 240 are all encompassed by the same party, the minimum level may increase.
  • the service provider 180 is responsible for tracking the type and quantity of services provided to each user and collecting payments from each user. To perform the tracking, the service provider 180 may utilize a database 370, as shown in Figs. 8 and 10. The database 370 may record the number and type of services provided to each user 110/120.
  • one bill will be issued per stylus.
  • the bill may be in the form of a flat fee for a period of use or a charge per tick or a combination thereof.
  • the charges may be based on the types of services used for each tick or subscribed to for the billing period.
  • the service provider 180 may ensure the revenue is collected by directing an independent payment provider 190 or the collections may be performed by the service provider 180 by incorporating the payment provider into the service provider 180.
  • the payment provider 190 also has communications to the end users 110 and 120.
  • the link between the payment provider 190 and the end users may be either direct as in FIG. 8 or via the network as in FIG. 1.
  • the payment provider 190 may have billing systems so that the end user may pre-pay for the stylus-digital paper system, pay via credit card company 350 and a billing system which allows users to pay for use over a period of time such as a month.
  • the concept owner 230 may perform this function in variety of ways. For example, the concept owner 230, via the technological service provider 160, may act as a revenue clearing house 360 itself or direct a stand alone entity to act as the revenue clearing house 360.
  • FIG. 9 depicts the flow of revenue from the end users 110, 120 throughout the stylus/digital paper system utilizing an independent clearing-house 360.
  • the revenue flows from the end users 110/120 through the service provider 180.
  • the service provider 180 may be responsible for determining its share of the revenue based on the partnership agreements and the number and type of transaction bought by the end users.
  • the service provider 180 may then allocate itself the appropriate share of revenue and pass the remaining portion of the revenue to the clearing-house 360 along with an accounting of the transactions and services provided to each user by the service provider 180.
  • the concept owner 230/technological service provider 160 may provide the clearing-house with an accounting of the ticks per user.
  • the concept owner 230/technological service provider 160 may access a database 370 of individual service providers or maintain its own database to track the number of ticks per user.
  • the clearing house 360 uses the information on the ticks per user, services provided to each user and the agreed upon percentages to determine how much revenue the network operator, stylus manufacturer, service developer, paper manufacturer and concept owner 230/technological service provider 160 should receive and distributes the revenue accordingly.
  • the clearinghouse 360, concept owner 230, and/or individual service providers may employ a processor 380 to calculate the appropriate distribution of revenue.
  • the processor 380 is in communication with databases 370 and 390, Database 390 may store detailed revenue information, e.g., the total revenue collected for all services over a time period, e.g., a month, quarter, etc., revenue collected for each individual service over a time period, etc.
  • the processor 380 may access the databases 370 and/or 390 over network 130 or locally.
  • the processor 380 may use the information recorded in database 370 for the amount and type of services provided to each end user 110/120; revenue information from database 390; and the agreed upon percentages to determine how much revenue the network operator, stylus manufacturer, service developer, paper manufacturer and concept owner 230/technological service provider 160 should receive. The revenue is distributed to the responsible parties accordingly. It should be recognized that the function of deterrruning revenue shares could be performed by some other party.
  • the method and system of revenue sharing according to the present invention has many advantages. For example, the inclusion of manufacturers of the stylus and digital paper in the arrangement provides an avenue for these parties to receive revenue from the use of the digital paper and stylus. This provides more financial incentive for these parties to be involved over the long run, which would not exist if the parties merely received profits from selling the stylus and digital paper, Further, the opportunity for the responsible parties to develop new applications for the stylus/digital paper technology provides the manufacturers with potential new products to produce and thereby receive more profits.
  • one bill per stylus encompassing the charges associated with all the services and technology provided by the various entities is advantageous. For example, if a user received two bills per tick with one bill correlating for example to the network operator service and a second bill correlating to the mapping look up service provider, a user may not use or purchase the stylus due to the inconvenience of the billing system.
  • the revenue sharing arrangement removes the risk of bearing the initial start up costs from any one party. Still further, the revenue sharing arrangement described herein provides for an expanding partner network as new parties introduce services for the digital paper/stylus technology, thereby promoting proliferation of the digital paper/stylus as a form of input technology and introduction of new and advanced services.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé et un système comportant le partage de revenus entre plusieurs parties fournissant des services de technologie. Selon ce procédé, un utilisateur final utilise un stylo de lecture d'indice de position pour recueillir les données position d'un produit sur lequel est apposé un indice identifiant une position. Une infrastructure réseau communique un signal qui représente une donnée position ou est dérivé de cette donnée position collectée par le stylo de lecture, à un noeud réseau qui exécute un service de technologie sur la base de ce signal. Les parties concluent un accord sur le pourcentage de revenus que chaque partie devrait recevoir. Le service est fourni par l'infrastructure réseau aux utilisateurs finaux pour une cotisation. La cotisation est collectée par les utilisateurs finaux, et une partie de la cotisation est distribuée à chaque partie sur la base du pourcentage de revenus alloué à chaque partie de l'accord.
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