Patents by Inventor Silverbrook Kia

Silverbrook Kia has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7417759
    Abstract: A method of delivering a brochure, including formatting visible information of the brochure in a computer system; formatting substantially invisible information in a computer system, including coded data indicative of an identity of the brochure and of at least one interactive element; at a printer networked with the computer system, simultaneously printing said visible information and said invisible information so as to produce said brochure, wherein the at least one user interactive element enables a user to indicate a request for further information relating to the contents of the brochure by interacting with the element using a sensing device which is adapted to transmit data indicating the request to the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Silverbrook Kia, Paul Lapstun
  • Patent number: 7388685
    Abstract: A method for composition and transmission of an electronic mail message via an interactive document is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Silverbrook Kia, Paul Lapstun
  • Patent number: 7108343
    Abstract: A printing cartridge is engageable with a printer. The printing cartridge includes a casing that has a print media supply portion in which sheets of print media are stored and an ink supply portion that houses an ink supply for use by the printer. The ink supply portion includes at least one ink chamber and an ink supply nozzle. A closure that is configured to be pierced by a component of the printer is positioned on the, or each respective, nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Tobin Allen King, Silverbrook Kia
  • Patent number: 6981765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cartridge for use with a digital printing device. The cartridge includes a casing for housing print media and a supply of ink. The casing also includes a transport assembly which is adapted to cooperate with a powered gear provided on the printing device to thereby eject the print media from the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research PTY LTD
    Inventors: Tobin Allen King, Silverbrook Kia
  • Patent number: 6980704
    Abstract: A sensing device for sensing region identity data and generating movement data when the sensing device is moved relative to a region of a surface, the region identity data being indicative of an identity of the region, the movement data being indicative of the movement of the sensing device relative to the region, the surface having disposed upon it coded data indicative of at least one region associated with the surface, the sensing device including: region identity sensing means configured to sense the region identity data using at least some of the coded data; motion sensing means configured to generate the movement data; and communications means configured to communicate the region identity data and the movement data to a computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research PTY LTD
    Inventors: Silverbrook Kia, Paul Lapstun, Simon Robert Walmsley
  • Patent number: 6951390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cartridge for use with a digital printing device. The cartridge includes a first casing portion for housing print media and a second casing portion for housing a supply of ink. The ink supply is formed by having the second casing portion segregated into distinct chambers for storing a supply of different colored inks, with each ink storage chamber having a corresponding ink outlet closed with a pierceable seal and is defined at least in part by a collapsible membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research PTY LTD
    Inventors: Tobin Allen King, Silverbrook Kia
  • Publication number: 20050062813
    Abstract: A printing cartridge is engageable with a printer. The printing cartridge includes a casing that has a print media supply portion in which sheets of print media are stored and an ink supply portion that houses an ink supply for use by the printer. The ink supply portion includes at least one ink chamber and an ink supply nozzle. A closure that is configured to be pierced by a component of the printer is positioned on the, or each respective, nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Tobin King, Silverbrook Kia
  • Publication number: 20050046895
    Abstract: A method of delivering a brochure, including formatting visible information of the brochure in a computer system; formatting substantially invisible information in a computer system, including coded data indicative of an identity of the brochure and of at least one interactive element; at a printer networked with the computer system, simultaneously printing said visible information and said invisible information so as to produce said brochure, wherein the at least one user interactive element enables a user to indicate a request for further information relating to the contents of the brochure by interacting with the element using a sensing device which is adapted to transmit data indicating the request to the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Silverbrook Kia, Paul Lapstun
  • Publication number: 20050036169
    Abstract: A method for composition and transmission of an electronic mail message via an interactive document is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Silverbrook Kia, Paul Lapstun
  • Publication number: 20050030583
    Abstract: A system for delivering a brochure, including a computer system with a server adapted to provide and format visible information of a brochure and substantially invisible information including coded data indicative of an identity of the brochure and of at least one interactive element; a printer for simultaneously printing said visible information and said invisible information so as to produce said brochure; wherein the at least one user interactive element enables a user to indicate a request for further information relating to the contents of the brochure by interacting with the element using a sensing device which is adapted to transmit data indicating the request to the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Silverbrook Kia, Paul Lapstun
  • Patent number: 6789731
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system. The user interaction is via an interface, such as a sheet of paper bearing information relating to the computer software and coded data indicative of an interactive element relating to the computer software. A sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the interface surface, and senses indicating data indicative of the interactive element. The sensing device also generates movement data indicative of the sensing device's movement relative to the interface surface. The indicating and movement data from the sensing device are received in a computer, and the interactive element identified. The computer software is then operated at least partly in reliance on the movement data, and in accordance with instructions associated with the interactive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Silverbrook Kia, Paul Lapstun
  • Patent number: 6766945
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system. The user interaction is via an interface, such as a sheet of paper bearing information relating to the computer software and coded data indicative of an interactive element relating to the computer software. A sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the interface surface, and senses indicating data indicative of the interactive element. The sensing device also generates movement data indicative of the sensing device's movement relative to the interface surface. The indicating and movement data from the sensing device are received in a computer, and the interactive element identified. The computer software is then operated at least partly in reliance on the movement data, and in accordance with instructions associated with the interactive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Silverbrook Kia, Paul Lapstun
  • Publication number: 20040090505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cartridge for use with a digital printing device. The cartridge includes a first casing portion for housing print media and a second casing portion for housing a supply of ink. The ink supply is formed by having the second casing portion segregated into distinct chambers for storing a supply of different colored inks, with each ink storage chamber having a corresponding ink outlet closed with a pierceable seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Tobin Allen King, Silverbrook Kia
  • Publication number: 20040046853
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cartridge for use with a digital printing device. The cartridge includes a casing for housing print media and a supply of ink. The casing also includes a transport assembly which is adapted to cooperate with a powered gear provided on the printing device to thereby eject the print media from the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Tobin Allen King, Silverbrook Kia
  • Publication number: 20030095726
    Abstract: A sensing device for sensing region identity data and generating movement data when the sensing device is moved relative to a region of a surface, the region identity data being indicative of an identity of the region, the movement data being indicative of the movement of the sensing device relative to the region, the surface having disposed upon it coded data indicative of at least one region associated with the surface, the sensing device including: region identity sensing means configured to sense the region identity data using at least some of the coded data; motion sensing means configured to generate the movement data; and communications means configured to communicate the region identity data and the movement data to a computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Silverbrook Kia, Paul Lapstun, Simon Robert Walmsley
  • Publication number: 20030095725
    Abstract: A sensing device for sensing region identity data and generating movement data when the sensing device is moved relative to a region of a surface, the region identity data being indicative of an identity of the region, the movement data being indicative of the movement of the sensing device relative to the region, the surface having disposed upon it coded data indicative of at least one region associated with the surface, the sensing device including: region identity sensing means configured to sense the region identity data using at least some of the coded data; motion sensing means configured to generate the movement data; and communications means configured to communicate the region identity data and the movement data to a computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Silverbrook Kia, Paul Lapstun, Simon Robert Walmsley
  • Publication number: 20030094497
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system. The user interaction is via an interface, such as a sheet of paper bearing information relating to the computer software and coded data indicative of an interactive element relating to the computer software. A sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the interface surface, and senses indicating data indicative of the interactive element. The sensing device also generates movement data indicative of the sensing device's movement relative to the interface surface. The indicating and movement data from the sensing device are received in a computer, and the interactive element identified. The computer software is then operated at least partly in reliance on the movement data, and in accordance with instructions associated with the interactive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Silverbrook Kia, Paul Lapstun
  • Publication number: 20030094496
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system. The user interaction is via an interface, such as a sheet of paper bearing information relating to the computer software and coded data indicative of an interactive element relating to the computer software. A sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the interface surface, and senses indicating data indicative of the interactive element. The sensing device also generates movement data indicative of the sensing device's movement relative to the interface surface. The indicating and movement data from the sensing device are received in a computer, and the interactive element identified. The computer software is then operated at least partly in reliance on the movement data, and in accordance with instructions associated with the interactive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Silverbrook Kia, Paul Lapstun
  • Publication number: 20030095724
    Abstract: A sensing device for sensing region identity data and generating movement data when the sensing device is moved relative to a region of a surface, the region identity data being indicative of an identity of the region, the movement data being indicative of the movement of the sensing device relative to the region, the surface having disposed upon it coded data indicative of at least one region associated with the surface, the sensing device including: region identity sensing means configured to sense the region identity data using at least some of the coded data; motion sensing means configured to generate the movement data; and communications means configured to communicate the region identity data and the movement data to a computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Silverbrook Kia, Paul Lapstun, Simon Robert Walmsley
  • Publication number: 20030094492
    Abstract: A region defined in relation to a surface, and a method for defining such a region; coded data being disposed within the region, the coded data being indicative of an identity of the region; in one embodiment, the coded data comprising a plurality of tags which substantially cover the region, the tags being usable to uniquely identify the region or at least distinguish it from other regions defined in relation to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Silverbrook Kia, Paul Lapstun