System and method for providing visible physical feedback

Abstract

There is provided an electronic system (10) for providing visible user physical feedback via at least one data token (80). The system (10) includes a computing means (50), a data store (40) coupled to said computing means (50) for at least one of inputting data and outputting data content from the store (40), and a token interfacing means (60, 70) coupled to said computing means (50) for interfacing to said at least one data token (80) detachable from the system (10), said at least one token (80) for representing data content in the store (40). The system (10) is arranged to perform operations including at least one of delete, read, write, and rearrange data content associated with said at least one token (80) to read from said at least one token (80) using the token interfacing means (60, 70) details of said data content to identify said data content and / or to record on said at least one token (80) using the token interfacing means (60, 70) one or more details of said operations so that said one or more details are optically readable from said at least one token (80) when user-inspected, thereby enabling said at least one token (80) to be a representation in tangible form of corresponding data content stored in the data store (40).

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to systems and methods of providing visual physical feedback; in particular, but not exclusively, the present invention relates to methods of providing visual physical feedback for electronic systems such as consumer electronic audio equipment, video recorders, and DVD-type records. And the invention also relates to a user card indicating data content suitable for use with said system. The invention also relates to a system for providing visual feedback according to said method. Background technique [0002] The functional options of electronic devices have become increasingly complex in recent years, especially those devices whose user interfaces are based on digital technology including associated digital displays. Such interfaces often employ a keyboard for user data entry, a digital display such as an LCD to provide user information, and a microprocessor coupled to the display that presents the information and to the ...

AI Technical Summary

Problems solved by technology

Although these interfaces are quite comfortable for those familiar with computers, there is still a large group of people who think that the digital interfaces currently provided on consumer electronic devices are too complicated

Specifically, when managing content (such as text) on a digital device through the keyboard, the digital interface is inconvenient and the user has to browse through the entire list describing the content

As a result, the digital interfaces available on many existing electronic consumer devices are not intuitive

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