US Patent Issued to KIBEAM LEARNING on April 22 for "Systems and methods to specify interactive page locations by pointing a light beam using a handheld device" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,613, issued on April 22, was assigned to KIBEAM LEARNING INC. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Systems and methods to specify interactive page locations by pointing a light beam using a handheld device" was invented by Lewis James Marggraff (Lafayette, Calif.) and Nelson George Publicover (Bellingham, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described in which a light beam generated by a handheld device is used to point toward a selected object or location within a printed page containing visual content, for example displayed in a book or magazine. The object(s) and/or location being pointed at may be determined using a device ...