FR2863378A1 - Support medium hypermediatisation method, involves processing dynamic hypermedia link in marker identifier to create reference value associated with multimedia contents, and transmitting multimedia information - Google Patents

Abstract

The method involves placing pictographic anchors (1-4) on a support medium to associate an environment with multimedia information. An anchor identification zone is read to decode and transmit encoded information to a processing unit. A dynamic hypermedia link is processed in a marker identifier to create a reference value associated with multimedia contents. The information related to the contents is sent and stored in a storage unit. Independent claims are also included for the following: (A) a system for implementing a method of hypermediatisation of a support medium (B) an utilization of a support medium hypermediatisation method for creating and processing an interactive survey from the support medium.

Description

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  The present invention relates to a method, a system and a device for hypermediating hardware media. It allows to integrate the physical or informational environment of a material support to a hypermedia as a type of organization and relations between informational contents of different sensory natures, based on a structure composed of autonomous units of information (nodes) and links between these nodes. The present invention thus makes it possible to relate, in particular interactively, to multimedia information from any material supports on which pictographic anchors have been materialized. This linking is effected in particular by means of dynamic hypermedia links, activated consecutively to the reading, especially optical, of said pictographic anchors.

  The present invention thus makes it possible to cross the bridge between the virtual and interactive world of multimedia and the physical and tangible world of objects, in particular media media such as those of the print media or publishing. It satisfies uses including recreational, educational, informative, advertising, professional, to the address of the general public. The present invention thus has applications in the non-limiting fields of print, publishing, music trade, mail order, museums and exhibitions, sample surveys, instant language transcription. foreign languages, learning in general and languages in particular. The present invention opens access to a very large number of functionalities related in particular to the possibility of transforming any material medium into an input terminal or into a user interface for all uses. Thus, in relation to applications involving selective and / or secure access and / or exploited to information and by way of non-limiting example, it may be the same medium with a large diffusion delivering the selected voice information (a photographic novel is disseminated and the end user chooses the language of the voice illustrations, ...), secure consultation of personal digitized data from a material medium such as a large-circulation journal, exams , surveys or multiple choice quizzes. The present invention also has applications related to a particular mode of operation for dynamically associating multimedia content with a hardware medium. For example, it may be the vocal ornamentation of the 2863378 2 photographs of an album or the exchange of multimedia content associated with postcards. In one sense and in extensive use, the method of the present invention allows hypermediatising a material medium. Hypermediatization refers, on the one hand, to the construction, from a material support, of an organization and relations between documents of different sensory natures, based on a structure composed of nodes and links between these nodes; It also refers to allowing and exploiting access, from a material support, to a hypermedia. The construction or use of this hypermedia integrating the physical or informational environment of a material medium, is at the initiative of a supplier or a user. This initiative involves both the choice of material media, as well as that of multimedia content, the type of connection or the structure of the hypermedia itself.

  With regard to the implementation of the method of the present invention, the pictographic anchors are affixed to a material support; then they are associated with a set of multimedia information using dynamic hypermedia links. The picto aspect refers exclusively to a pictogram associated with the anchor, which informs the user on the characteristics of the anchor and / or information diffusable through the link. Dynamic hypermedia links allow a relationship between a mode combination: real time or not, secure or not, interactive or not. The operation of a hypermedia dynamic link is effected by its activation consecutive reading, for example optical, pictographic anchors affixed to a material medium. The device of the present invention is more particularly dedicated to the implementation of the real-time method. The system of the present invention is more particularly dedicated to the implementation of the deferred method. Real-time mode refers to a process in which data is processed immediately after acquisition, and the response time between data entry and output is minimized. Both the device and the system implement the real-time and non-real-time process, in both creation and exploitation functions: The creation consists of: the creation of pictorial anchors, dynamic hypermedia links and multimedia contents; tracking the correlation of the set in a hypermedia; followed by the provision 2863378 3 of the set in the form of a hypermedia database.

  - The real-time creation involves the immediate correlation of the whole in the form of a hypermedia database.

  Real-time exploitation allows the interactive production of textual and / or audio and / or visual results.

  The exploitation in deferred time allows the access and / or the subsequent diffusion with additional information.

  Hypermedia is based on notions of information nodes, links between nodes, anchors and markers of links as well as structures, which call for some definitions. Hypertext is a computerized system where documents constitute a structure because they are grouped by links. The web is a system based on the use of hypertext, which allows the search for information on the Internet, access to this information and its visualization. The Internet is a global computer network consisting of a set of national, regional and private networks, which are linked by a common communication protocol and cooperate to provide a single interface for their users. The hypertext link is an activatable connection on demand, linking textual data having a relationship of complementarity with each other. These textual data are autonomous units of information called nodes. The presence of a hypertext link is indicated visually by its anchor (part of sentence, underlined word or of a different color from that of the text, image, icon, graphic, ..) which allows the user to activate the link. A pictorial anchor according to the present invention is a graphic anchor containing in particular a pictogram. A pictogram is a figurative or symbolic design used as a graphic sign for communication purposes. Anchor and marker denominations are distinguished: the anchor designates, at the address of the process and those who use it, the whole anchor point of the link, the marker is included in the anchor and identifies, at the address of the process, one of the ends of this link Hypermedia is an extension of the hypertext to multimedia data It is a type of organization and relations between documents of different sensory natures, based on on a structure composed of nodes and links between these nodes The hypermedia makes it possible to include links between textual nodes, visual and sound inside the same application or the same support, and 2863378 4 this Interactivity is a reciprocal relationship established between a user and a system.A dynamic hypermedia link according to the present invention dynamically links, after its activation, a node. p The relation is dynamic because, either it is constructed at the moment of activation of the link, or the link dynamically constructs the child node, or the relation and the node are dynamically constructed. The dynamic hypermedia link according to the present invention has the ability to dynamically build the relationship because it can memorize the entries made by the acquired pictographic anchors.

  Thus, he has the capacity, thanks to his treatment, to build the relation according to the previous entries. It also has the ability to dynamically build the child node because it can assign to an output reference, several values each associated with multimedia content. Thus, i has the capacity, through its processing, to build the child node by assembling the referenced multimedia contents. A hypermedia database according to the present invention is a structured set of interrelated information in which the data are organized according to certain criteria in order to allow their exploitation. The contents of said information essentially take the form of computer files. Said database is called hypermedia with reference to its content and is exploitation that offers access to a hypermedia. It is the dynamic aspect of the hypermedia links of the present invention that allows interactive streaming of multimedia content. As an illustrative example, contrary to the standard behavior of a static hypermedia link, two consecutive activations of the same dynamic hypermedia link may result in the broadcasting of a different content, the hypermedia remaining equal elsewhere. The first embodiment of a dynamic hypermedia link according to the present invention is performed by reading at least one pictorial anchor affixed to a material medium. The first parent node according to the present invention is the physical and / or informational environment of a hardware medium, the first child node is a multimedia content. The child nodes may contain the multimedia marker (s) of hypermedia links, whether dynamic or not, that can be activated by the user and points to another multimedia content. A multimedia child node can reference one of the information contents of the hardware medium. Given the above-mentioned features, a hardware medium can therefore be fully integrated into a hypermedia. The present invention thus makes it possible to hypermediate a material support.

  The state of the art known until now, does not offer, especially to the general public, the possibility of creating or exploiting an interactive relationship to multimedia information from any material media (a printed document, a sign, a book, a product, any object, ...). This accessibility can, on the one hand, be realized in an interactive and / or secure and / or real-time mode, and, on the other hand, relate to a hypermedia as a multimedia content structure. Generally speaking, the state of the art does not make it possible to hypermediate any material support by integrating it into a hypermedia. The present invention provides a solution to this new technical problem by creating and exploiting dynamic hypermedia links associated on the one hand pictographic anchors created and affixed to a material medium and on the other hand to a set of multimedia contents ; these may themselves contain multimedia markers. Indeed, hypermedia remains essentially the prerogative of the Internet. Apart from applications on the web, however, there are fixed equipment or mobile personal devices for obtaining textual and / or audio and / or visual information following the acquisition of an anchor affixed to a support equipment; that the activation of the link is performed by reading, particularly optical, or by manual entry and that these systems are for use by the general public or that of professionals. However, for each of them, given the disadvantages and deficiencies they present, none offers the solutions provided by the present invention. This may seem normal in that they do not have the main purpose of answering this problem invention.

  Thus, in the field of fixed equipment, it is known from the state of the art, facilities to obtain additional information to products on which there is a graphic anchor in the form of a graphic identification code. This functionality is implemented by terminals provided barcode reading means made available to customers in certain businesses. The disadvantage of such installations is that the information thus obtained is not so immediately as it requires the user to move to the terminal. The link thus implemented is only static, the information is therefore not, in particular, broadcast in an interactive manner; incidentally, none of these devices offer the possibility to dynamically create their own hypermedia links. It is also known from the state of the art portable bar code reading boxes provided with wired or non-wired means of data transmission to a fixed and dedicated computer equipment. The most elaborate of these systems allow, on the one hand the immediate exploitation of the links activated by the diffusion of multimedia information on the fixed equipment consecutive to the acquisition of the graphic anchors, on the other hand a delayed exploitation of the activated links by steps of memorizing and then processing the acquired graphical anchors. For example, such systems can be installed in certain medical practices. A barcode reader is connected to a fixed computer equipment. The latter prints on the screen the medical file of a patient following the optical reading of a barcode present on a document belonging to the patient or the practitioner. For this kind of system, their costs, their fixed natures and their uses strictly limits the applications to professional uses; Moreover, these systems do not provide any solutions to the problems aiming that: the same link associated with the same graphic anchor is likely to be created or exploited by the greatest number; multimedia content contains a marker; hardware support portions are dynamically integrated into a hypermedia; the graphic anchor affixed to a material medium orients the user on the nature of the anchor and / or the link and / or accessible information; it is possible to transform any hardware support into an input terminal or a user interface.

  In the field of mobile personal computing equipment, it is known from the state of the art, products and services that make it possible to obtain sound information complementary to that of a text, a printed image or an exhibited work. , from a reference or a graphic identifier. Thus, in order to obtain information complementary to the content of a press article, it is always possible to call from a mobile phone, the telephone number printed for this purpose on a magazine. Considering only a few aspects of this solution: if an interactive dimension can be implemented using the called server, the manipulation consisting of the dialing of the telephone number, the cost of the telecommunication, the reduced sound quality, the Existence and condition of local accessibility to the network of a telephone operator of the user, are all constraints that taints this technical solution of complexity, inefficiency and inefficiency with regard to the solutions provided by the present invention. In another area, the audioguide is an individual audible assistance tool that allows visitors to receive additional information on the works exhibited in a museum or when visiting a castle or a museum. monument.

  The audioguide is essentially in the form of a stand-alone audio CD-ROM reader in which the user enters the numerical references affixed near works or architectural elements for which additional audio information is available. For the latter device, apart from a significant footprint, the operating mode of the activation of the link requires the manual entry without error of the graphic reference associated with the object for which additional audio information is available. The link thus implemented is only static, the information is therefore not diffused interactively and no further exploitation of the links activated, for example for statistical purposes, is yet implemented. Finally, there are personal digital assistants for which it is possible to add a module for the optical reading of graphic identification code, the memorization of acquisitions and the dissemination of information following the activation of the link associated with this type of graphic anchors. These systems are for professional use and are used preferentially for inventories and inventory management. In particular, such systems do not provide solutions to the problems that: the same link associated with the same graphical anchor is likely to be created or exploited by the greatest number; multimedia content contains a marker; the graphic anchor affixed to a material medium orients the user on the nature of the anchor and / or the link and / or accessible information; it is possible to transform any hardware support into an input terminal or a user interface.

  The object of the present invention is to provide a method, a system and a device for creating or exploiting multimedia information in different modes from any hardware media. It makes it possible to integrate a material support to a hypermedia as an organization and relations between documents of different sensory natures, based on a structure composed of nodes and links between these nodes.

  The aim of the present invention is to propose a method, a system and a device for the creation of dynamic hypermedia links associated on the one hand with pictographic anchors affixed to a material medium and on the other hand to a set of multimedia contents containing possibly markers; the correlation of the whole; the production and the exchange of multimedia data, between the content server of a provider and a device capable of producing visual and / or auditory actions, following the reading of said pictographic anchors associated with said links. The functional coverage of the method, using the device and the system, ensures implementation under a combination of mode among: real time or delayed time, interactive or not, secure or not. The aim of the present invention makes it possible to provide a technical solution to a new technical problem by applying the concepts of dynamic hypermedia links relating pictographic anchors affixed on a material medium with multimedia contents within a hypermedia. It provides a solution to particular problems aiming to: - create a link associating a multimedia content with the physical or informational environment of a material support; delivering, in real time, initially contextual multimedia information to the physical or informational environment of a material medium; Deliver, in deferred time, a feedback, correlated to the physical or informational environment of a material medium and resulting from the delayed exploitation of activated links; delivering multimedia information, in an interactive and / or secure mode, which can be presented as the result of the processing of several acquisitions of pictographic anchors and / or the meeting of several outputs; transform a hardware medium into an input terminal or a user interface; the pictographic anchors then representing inputs, controls or commands on a simple material support; integrating different parts of a hardware medium with a hypermedia and / or allowing access to a hypermedia from a hardware medium; The characteristics of the link thus implemented, according to the present invention, are those of a hypermedia and dynamic link, capable of offering interactivity and access to a hypermedia from a hardware medium.

  The aforementioned objectives are achieved by firstly using a method of hypermediatization of material supports with the aid of pictographic anchors triggering dynamic hypermedia links making it possible to relate to multimedia information, characterized in that that: at least one set of pictorial anchors is created, each consisting of at least two zones: a first identification zone including a marker identification code encoding information including at least one marker identifier whose value is provided by an identification code value generating means; a second information zone including a pictographic code composed of at least one pictogram informing at least the presence of said pictorial anchor. In a minimal configuration: the two zones are superimposed, the identification code is then of graphic identification code type, the pictogram is then the graphic object of the graphic identification code which thus informs and simply the presence of a pictorial anchor; each of said pictorial anchors is respectively materialized on each material support part for which it is desired to relate its informational or physical environment to information at least presented in a multimedia form and at least delivered in a non-interactive manner; creating, at least by referencing, a multimedia set of multimedia contents comprising at least references to each of said contents; said assembly being associated with said set of pictographic anchors; By way of example, the referencing operation consists in assigning a name, in the form of an alphanumeric character string, to a computer file. This name is used to locate and access the contents of this file. Thus, it may also contain the location address of said computer file in a means for storing the information and / or on a computer network.

  at least by referencing, at least one dynamic hypermedia link consisting of a processing and at least one interface mechanism allowing said processing is created, on the one hand, to have at least one reference value for input; inputting at least one marker identifier and furthermore, as a result, at least one output reference value of a multimedia content identifier; creating, at least by referencing, at least one supplier hypermedia database, consisting of at least: the reference to said dynamic hypermedia link and the reference to said set of multimedia contents; said dynamic hypermedia link making it possible to relate at least one of said pictorial anchors to at least one of said multimedia contents; at least all the contents directly and / or indirectly referenced by said hypermedia database are stored in an information storage means consisting of at least one information storage unit; said storage means being accessible by an information processing means; the identification zone of at least one of said pictographic anchors present on a material medium is read using a reading means which decodes and transmits to said information processing means the information encoded in said code marker identification; said information processing means is activated, at least by default, said hypermedia database and the dynamic hypermedia link associated with said marker identifier; Activation is understood as the set of actions (human and / or hardware and / or software) whose objective is the effective implementation in operational condition of said hypermedia database and / or said dynamic hypermedia link. Nominally, this activation is initiated consecutively to the acquisition of marker identifier, otherwise, the activation is said to be by default (for example, in the initialization phase or on a user action).

  executing in said information processing means the processing of said dynamic hypermedia link; said processing then having as input at least one input reference value associated with said marker identifier and producing as a result at least one output reference value associated with one of said multimedia contents; 2863378 11 at least the updating of user operating data including at least one counter associated with at least one of said marker identifiers and incremented each valid acquisition of the corresponding pictorial anchor; multimedia information is broadcast using multimedia means corresponding to each multimedia content referenced by each value of said output reference; for storing for a deferred exploitation, in said means for storing information accessible by said information processing means, said user data at least updated the previous steps of reading (or acquisition of identifiers of markers of pictographic anchors or multimedia markers), activation, execution, updating, diffusion and storage are consecutive and are, as part of a nominal implementation, repeated as many times as It is useful.

  The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method, said autonomous and portable device comprising in a single mobile housing, at least: an optical reading module including means of acquisition, decoding and transfer to a information processing module, information encoded in an identification code containing at least one marker identifier; said information processing module accessing an information storage module; said information storage module consisting of at least one removable flash memory card type information storage unit; a multimedia module for decoding and encoding multimedia contents; a module for broadcasting multimedia contents in a textual, visual and / or sound form and comprising at least one screen and a mechanism for rendering audible sound waves; a control and control panel for implementing its features; a multimedia content capture module comprising at least one microphone and a mechanism for entering text through said control and control panel and said screen; a source of electrical power; a bidirectional communication module for the exchange of data, with computer equipment; a microprogrammemitting its functionalities; said firmware being downloadable using said bidirectional communication module. A firmware is an operating system, also called firmware.

  The invention also relates to a system for implementing the method, said system comprising at least: at least one editing computer station equipped with a dedicated software allowing at least: the creation of at least one set of pictographic anchors, inserting said pictographic anchors into a computer document for printing on a material medium, creating at least one dynamic hypermedia link, creating at least one multimedia marker and inserting it into at least one a multimedia content, the creation and / or storage of at least one set of multimedia contents, the creation of at least one referenced hypermedia supplier database composed of said dynamic hypermedia link, said set of multimedia contents associated with said hypermedia link dynamic; at least one device according to the present invention; at least one content server on a computer network that can at least, on the one hand, store, consult and make available for the transfer, hypermedia databases such as said supplier hypermedia database and secondly receiving and storing the data produced by at least one device according to the present invention, for their exploitation; at least one user computer station on said computer network, at least equipped with a hypermedia browser for said computer network and allowing, on the one hand, access to and the transfer of at least said hypermedia database between said computer server; content and said device and secondly, the transfer of data produced by said device, between said device and said content server; a module for generating unique identification code values for each of the elements of said system.

  In various non-limiting embodiments of the method of the present invention, the following means and methods of implementation are employed and can be combined according to all technically possible possibilities (all the examples are given in a non-limiting manner): according to an advantageous embodiment, the marker identification code is a graphic barcode type identification code, chosen as an example from among the family codes 2 out of 5 or from alphanumeric codes. such as code 3 out of 9 (code 39).

  according to one embodiment, the marker identification code is of a proprietary format. For example, this code can be barcode type or not. With regard to a barcode-type proprietary format, bar code is then understood to mean a code consisting of a set of characters, for example printed or written, the characters being composed, in particular, of distinct bars of shapes and / or of different, parallel dimensions. between them, the value of said code being determined by the combination or sequence of characters chosen. Regarding a proprietary format not being a barcode type, then means any type of visible or non-visible identification code, encoding information interpretable by the method. For example, these codes may consist of combinations or sequences of signs, lines, figures whose shapes, styles, dimensions, locations and colors for those that are visible, encode information interpretable by the process.

  according to an advantageous embodiment, the marker identification code makes it possible to encode additional information to that solely dedicated to the identification. By way of example, this additional information is exploited by the dynamic hypermedia link to identify the type (entry and / or command and / or control) or the nature of the pictorial anchor to which it is linked. The nature of the pictographic anchor can be, among the type entered: an entry among a list: ordered or not, with or without duplication, with finite number of elements or not.

  according to a very advantageous embodiment, the pictographic information code includes at least one pictogram consisting of a visible line whose shape, style, dimensions, location and color inform the user 2863378 14 on the type or nature of the pictorial anchor in which the pictogram is included.

  according to a very advantageous embodiment, the pictographic information code includes at least one pictogram consisting of a visible line whose shape, style, dimensions, location and color inform the user on the type and / or the nature and / or the mode of access of the diffusable multimedia information on activation of the dynamic hypermedia link to which said pictogram is attached. As an example concerning the type of said diffusable multimedia information, said pictogram may specify one or more of the following types: advertising, technical, linguistic, historical, geographical, playful, educational, political, question or answer related to a test or a survey or a game or a learning or an inquiry, identifier (the anchor being referencing) an author, a source of information. Regarding the nature of said broadcastable multimedia information it may be textual and / or sound and / or visual and / or logical. Regarding the access mode of said broadcastable multimedia information, the latter may be interactive or not and / or secure or not and / or real time or not.

  according to one embodiment, the pictographic anchors additionally comprise the two following additional areas: reference element of the hypermedia belonging database, alphanumeric reference of said pictorial anchor. The reference element of the membership hypermedia database is used as an example to identify the provider and the version. It is an element because possibly it must be completed (for example with said alphanumeric reference), to obtain and the supplier and the version. This element also allows a particular implementation of the method that will be developed later. The alphanumeric reference of said pictorial anchor makes it possible, by way of example, to facilitate the time-delayed construction of a hypermedia database from a computer editing station or to orient the user, when a multimedia broadcast, towards a particular pictorial anchor (in particular during an interactive question-answer broadcast). It can be defined or not, rules of placement of the different zones.

  according to a particularly relevant mode of implementation, the hardware support is an edited document. In this embodiment, said pictographic anchors are printed directly on an edited material medium. As an example, this medium can be a magazine, a magazine, a newspaper, a book, a working document, a personal document; according to one embodiment, the pictographic anchors are each printed on a label affixed to a material support. By way of example, this material support can be a postcard, a photo, a letter, a part of the presentation support for a work in a museum, a working document, a personal document; In personal use, this mode of implementation is particularly relevant in association with the real-time creation of hypermedia databases.

  according to one embodiment, the creation of said set of multimedia contents is additionally carried out, in addition to referencing said set, by creating at least one of the multimedia contents that compose it. Indeed, if the creation relates only to referencing, it is because the content itself is already existing. If the multimedia content is not pre-existing, then besides referencing, it must be created.

  according to one embodiment, at least a part of at least one of said multimedia contents is the multimedia marker of a dynamic hypermedia link or not; a marker identifier then being indifferently that of a pictographic anchor or that of a multimedia marker. According to this embodiment, said set of multimedia contents is in addition a hypermedia because, for example, at least one of the multimedia contents composing it contains the multimedia marker of an activatable link following the diffusion of said marker multimedia and triggering a new broadcast of multimedia content accessible by said information processing means.

  Said set then constitutes a hypermedia as a structure of relationship between documents of different sensory natures, without the association with a dynamic hypermedia link of the present invention. More concretely, these multimedia markers can be tags (tags) or a data packet that complements an audio file for example. When the audio file is played by an audio player, this label informs the piece of music listened to, by scrolling on a screen, the text it contains. The most common label is the one known as ID3 TAG, which can be inserted using dedicated software, and it combines information such as the name of the artist, the album, or on the year of the piece of music.This is, in the context of the present invention, to exploit and put forward another use of these tags.A first use is to link the information disseminated textually not audio content as a whole, but to parts of that audio content on the one hand and in the context of simultaneous broadcasting of text and audio information on the other. use, a pictorial anchor is affixed to a written foreign language learning document, the anchor is printed in relation to a word or group of words or an entire sentence, written in the mother tongue. anchor, word or word group or the entire sentence is broadcast soundly in the foreign language but in addition, it is simultaneously accompanied by the content of the label which gives the textual version. A second use of these tags is, under the same conditions as above (simultaneous broadcast and linked to only a part of the broadcast audio file), to interpret them by the new method of the invention as being the markers of hypermedia links dynamic or not . The activation of said link is done by a user action (for example a brief press of a button). Said activation can be carried out consecutively to the broadcasting of a text associated with a sound broadcast, as for said labels, or according to any other media medium. Said multimedia label belongs to a multimedia content and may contain the alphanumeric reference of another pictorial anchor than that which triggered its broadcast. A marker identifier therefore refers to either a marker identifier of a pictorial anchor or a media marker identifier; the latter may be associated with a dynamic hypermedia link of the present invention. All the above-mentioned features contribute to considerably increase the hypermedia (the active structure and in operational condition) of said hypermedia database. In this mode of implementation, the hardware support can thus be used to access a hypermedia. Of course, the structure of the hypermedia must be built prior to its exploitation. By way of example, one embodiment of this embodiment can be interactive polls.

  according to one embodiment, said creation of said dynamic hypermedia link is additionally carried out, besides the referencing of said dynamic hypermedia link, by the creation of at least one of the elements - of treatment and / or mechanisms of interfacing - who composes it. Simple referencing may be sufficient for the information processing means to access and exploit said dynamic hypermedia link. However, it may also be necessary to create the content of the link if it does not exist.

  The mode of implementation of the interfacing mechanism can be carried out according to one of the following three variants: according to a first variant, the mechanism for interfacing a dynamic hypermedia link is a particular treatment entirely included in the processing of said link dynamic hypermedia; said particular process producing on the one hand an input reference value associated with a marker identifier and on the other hand at least one output reference value associated with a multimedia content identifier; according to another advantageous variant, the mechanism for interfacing a dynamic hypermedia link is a structure external to the processing of said dynamic hypermedia link and consists of two correspondence tables: a table of the entries putting at least respectively in correspondence a marker identifier with an input reference value; an output table at least respectively matching at least one output reference value with a multimedia content identifier; according to the last variant, the mechanism for interfacing a dynamic hypermedia link is a combination between, on the one hand, a particular treatment included in the treatment of said dynamic hypermedia link and, on the other hand, a correspondence table external to the processing of said hypermedia link. dynamic; said interfacing mechanism for at least associating, on the one hand, an input reference value with a marker identifier and, on the other hand, at least one output reference value with a multimedia content identifier; In all three variants, the input reference values can be stored and subsequently exploited by the processing of said dynamic hypermedia link.

  according to an embodiment using one of the three preceding variants, part of the processing of a dynamic hypermedia link is deported through the prior allocation of correlated values to said identifiers and / or to said references. By way of example, the prior assignment of identical values between respectively at least one marker identifier and at least one multimedia content identifier makes it possible to obtain a direct and immediate link between a pictorial anchor and a multimedia content. According to this example, the marker identification code may encode additional information enabling the method to identify the existence of this form of correlation. Still according to this example, the link retains its dynamic nature, in particular thanks to the processing of dynamic linking of said graphic identifier with said multimedia content identifier; said processing being able to extend to a storage of said identifiers and / or their analyzes prior to a secure delivery mode. According to another example illustrating the present mode of processing deportation, logic is introduced in said correspondence tables by assigning identical values to at least one input reference value and at least one output reference value.

  The mode of implementation concerning the integration of the parts of a material support with a structure of relations between documents of different sensory natures, can be realized according to one of the following three variants: the multimediaization of said material support by the setting in non-interactive relation with a dynamically constructed information node constituted of several multimedia contents; processing said active dynamic hypermedia link producing a plurality of output reference values for one and only one input reference value; the hypermediatization of said material medium by the dynamic construction of the interactive connection with an information node consisting of a single multimedia content; processing said active dynamic hypermedia link producing one and only one output reference value as a result of storing and operating multiple input reference values; the hypermediatization of said material medium by the dynamic construction of the interactive connection with an information node consisting of several multimedia contents; processing said active dynamic hypermedia link producing a plurality of output reference values as a result of storing and operating multiple input reference values; according to an embodiment based on one of the three preceding variants, the diffusion is sequential or simultaneous. Indeed, the child node consists of a single multimedia content but in the form of at least two media among the textual forms, visual and sound; the child node consists of several multimedia contents in the form of one or more media. In either case, the broadcast can be either sequential or simultaneous.

  according to one embodiment, the elements constituting a hypermedia database are stored in several information storage units of said information storage means accessible by said information processing means.

  according to an implementation mode, a hypermedia database is activated following the acquisition of a pictorial anchor dedicated to the activation of a hypermedia database.

  According to one embodiment, the configuration is minimal and comprises a hypermedia database allowing access to a single dynamic hypermedia link directly relating a single marker identifier to a single multimedia content identifier of the same value; the treatment of said dynamic hypermedia link including its interfacing mechanism. In this embodiment, the hypermedia including an information or physical environment of a material medium is then reduced to its simplest expression: that is to say a single path composed of two nodes of information connected by a link dynamic hypermedia. The set of pictographic anchors consists of a single pictorial anchor, the set of multimedia contents contains only one multimedia content, the mechanism for interfacing said dynamic hypermedia link directly transforms the marker identifier into its value. computer (for example a letter in its ASCII value: American Standard Code for Information Interchange: 8-bit character encoding), this value becoming the input reference value), the dynamic hypermedia link processing is only one simply assigning the output reference value (equal to the identifier of said multimedia content) with the value of said marker identifier; This mode of implementation is adapted when interactivity is not required, for example for the simple vocal ornamentation of a material support or the simple connection between the physical environment of a material support with the information (simple audioguide for a museum, an exhibition, ..).

  According to one embodiment, a hypermedia database comprises, in addition to references: the contents of several dynamic hypermedia links, the multimedia contents themselves of several sets of multimedia contents; each dynamic hypermedia link being respectively associated with a set of pictorial anchors and a set of multimedia contents included in said hypermedia database.

  As regards the previous mode of implementation, the activation of dynamic hypermedia links can be done according to two variants; in both, a dynamic hypermedia link is always triggered correlatively to the acquisition of the identifier of the associated marker, however: according to the first variant, the dynamic hypermedia links of the same active hypermedia database are simultaneously active; according to the second variant, one and only one dynamic hypermedia link of the same active hypermedia database is active at a time; during the creation of said hypermedia database, one of the dynamic hypermedia links being declared active by default. It is according to this second variant that a particular embodiment of the method will be developed.

  According to a particular embodiment of this second variant, the acquired value of a graphic identifier is interpreted as one of the constituent elements of a condition triggering actions causing a dynamic hypermedia link transition by the deactivation of the current active dynamic hypermedia link and activating the dynamic hypermedia link associated with said marker identifier, according to the rules set in an operating table associated with said hypermedia database.

  According to a particular embodiment of this second variant, said operating table is a correspondence table respectively matching at least: a marker identifier value, a source dynamic hypermedia link reference value and a reference value of dynamic hypermedia link destination; the source dynamic hypermedia link to be disabled, the hypermedia dynamic destination link to be enabled.

  In the context of the particular embodiment of this second variant, the operating data can be accessed according to two different mechanisms: according to the first mechanism, said operating table additionally contains and, respectively, minus a marker identifier value with at least one exploitation datum.

  according to the second mechanism, said operating table does not contain and does not make it possible to obtain the reference value of an exploitation datum associated with a marker identifier value; however, it is the active dynamic hypermedia link processing that allows access and update of operating data associated with at least one marker identifier or multimedia content. Operating data can indeed be referenced, in the processing of said link, with the aid of the input reference values and / or the output reference values. The ability to reference operating data associated with output reference values is important insofar as the same output reference value can result from acquiring many different combinations and sequences of marker IDs.

  According to one mode of implementation, and in particular in relation with what has just been specified, the order of each update of said operating data is stored. Thus and by way of example, in this embodiment, the operating data are time stamped using a time stamping means. In addition, the production of time-stamped operating data can be further exploited for statistical purposes by a hypermedia database provider (to study the timing or hours of readership of a magazine by the readership). Another simpler way of storing the order of update of the operating data is the use of a counter incremented systematically during acquisition of marker identifier then the association of the value of this counter to each said markers.

  According to one embodiment, said identification code value generating means further provided at least one vendor unique identifier value and a user unique identifier value.

  According to the previous implementation mode: a first variant is to proceed further, during this update, the exploitation of user and supplier code values. For example, said operation may be prior to the conditional positioning of the output reference to a value pointing to a multimedia content signaling unauthorized access This variant allows a secure broadcast mode of the multimedia contents.

  a second variant is to proceed to the identification of said operating data by unambiguous association with at least one unique identification code value; including the unique user identification code.

  According to one embodiment, the dedicated operating software that implements the method of the invention comprises at least one mechanism for respectively matching at least one marker identifier value with a value of hypermedia database reference that can be activated. Said operating software then makes it possible to manage the activation of hypermedia database correlatively with the acquisition of marker identifier (pictorial anchor or multimedia marker).

  According to one embodiment, the operations performed on said operating data are performed, either by a particular processing of the operating software that implements the method, or by the processing of the active dynamic hypermedia link, or by the one and the other of the two treatments.

  According to a mode of implementation of the method, at least one of the values contained in the references or the marker identifier is dedicated to a specific use. The following references are distinguished: multimedia content set reference, multimedia content reference, dynamic hypermedia link reference, hypermedia dynamic link processing input reference, dynamic hypermedia link processing output reference , hypermedia database reference. Having reference values or marker identifiers dedicated to a specific use increases the operationality of the implementation of the method. By way of example, following the acquisition of a specific marker identifier value, a particular use or functionality is activated.

  The device of the present invention is more particularly dedicated to the implementation in real time of the new method. In various non-limiting embodiments of the device of the present invention, the following means and embodiments may be employed and may be combined in any technically possible manner (all examples are given in a non-limiting manner): Advantageous embodiment of the device, the identification code 2863378 23 is a graphic barcode type identification code. According to one embodiment of the device, the identification code is of a proprietary format.

  The embodiment of the information storage module of the device comprises two variables: according to a first variant, the information storage module accessible by the information processing module consists of a single unit of information. storing information which is an electronic memory of the type of removable flash memory card; according to the other variant embodiment of the module for storing the information of the device, the latter consists of several information storage units belonging to the group comprising the flash memories, the EEPROM memories, the EPROM memories, the ROM memories; , RAM memories, FeRAM memories, MRAM memories, magnetic memories, optical memories, optical disk, hard disk or floppy disk mass storage units.

  According to one embodiment of the device, the information processing module accesses, through said information storage module and said bidirectional communication module, at least one storage unit of the external information to said device. This accessibility to one or more external data storage units, in spite of production cost constraints, makes it possible to increase the application coverage of the implementation modes of the new method of the invention.

  According to one embodiment of the device, the information processing module accesses processing and multimedia content in the form of computer files, regardless of the physical location of or information storage units on which these so-called computer files are stored.

  The embodiment of the link of the communication module with the computer equipment, the latter can directly be a server containing hypermedia databases (content server), can be implemented according to three variants: According to a first variant, the communication module link with the computer equipment is a wireless link. Numerous standards and 2863378 24 wireless transmission systems can be used, one can for example mention the BLUETOOTH protocol, the IEEE 802.11 standard, the IrDA (lnfrared Data Association). BLUETOOTH establishes a piconet (small LAN) between master device and seven slave devices. Its operating principle is in point-to-multipoint mode, that is to say that a master system can communicate with several slave systems. It makes it easy to connect the device with a mobile phone or personal digital assistant (PDA or Personal Digital Assistant) or a personal computer. It is very adapted to the communication of mobile equipment.

  IEEE 802.11b is also called Wi-Fi. This is the most used declension currently in the computer environment. These main features are: radio technology in a 2.4GHz frequency range; the theoretical range is 100 meters outdoors (50 meters indoors); flow rate of 11 Mbps. IrDA, more commonly known as infrared, is a technology whose main characteristics are: a point-to-point link; acceptance of a low angle (30 degrees) between the 2 communicating stations; a bit rate ranging from 9.6 kbps to 4 Mbps; low cost; IrDA is widespread on mobile devices (PDA), but it has two major disadvantages: a very slow reaction time and the obligation to keep the transmitter in the receiving beam without obstacles on the way. Depending on the transmission system implemented, both the device and the user computer station must be equipped with a module for effective transmission. In other embodiments, the transfer can also be done using a wireless local area network WPAN (WPAN, Wireless Personal Area Network), HAN (HAN, Home Area Network) or WLAN (WLAN, Wireless Local Area Network). ). According to a second variant, the connection of the communication module with the computer equipment is a wired connection.

  According to a third and last variant, the link of the communication module with the computer equipment is a wired and non-wired mixed link. As an example, this connection can be of cable / radio or wired type! Wi-Fi, or radio / wired or detachable plug physically connecting to the device then using a non-wired transmission system as mentioned above.

  According to the second and third variants above, and advantageously, the bidirectional communication module uses a universal serial bus or universal serial bus (USB) serial port for bidirectional communication complying with a so-called USB standards.

  According to an advantageous embodiment, the device being provided with a USB type serial port, the internal power source is rechargeable via said USB port.

  According to one embodiment of the device, it is able to connect to a plurality of computer equipment. It is important to note that on most of these computer equipment, the device, once connected via the USB port, is directly recognized as a mass storage unit (a hard disk) and this, without the use of a driver dedicated to the device.

  According to one embodiment of the device, it is additionally equipped with a time stamp module of the operating data it produces.

  According to one embodiment of the device, it is further provided with a mechanism for its identification in a unique manner.

  The system of the present invention is more particularly dedicated to the deferred implementation of the new method. In various non-limiting embodiments of the system of the present invention, the following means and embodiments are employed and can be combined according to all technically possible possibilities (all examples are given in a non-limiting manner): realization, said computer network is a local or global network.

  The embodiment of the system, relating to the computer network, comprises two variants: According to the first variant, the computer network is a network of a single type: wired or a non-wired network (for example according to the GSM or GPRS or Loop standards Local Radio or Wi-Fi).

  According to the second variant, the computer network is a wired and non-wired mixed network (for example cable / radio or wired / Wi-Fi, or radio / wired).

  According to one embodiment of the system, it comprises a plurality of computer editing stations, a plurality of devices according to the present invention, a plurality of content servers, a plurality of computer user stations. According to this embodiment of the system, the unique identification code value generating module generates in addition unique identification code values for each of said system elements.

  According to a particular embodiment, the system comprising a plurality of computer user stations, at least one user computer station is also provided with a dedicated software for at least the management of exchanges and exploitation: hypermedia databases and data produced by at least one device according to the present invention. In this particular embodiment, the contents of at least one hypermedia database are accessible according to at least one of the client / server technologies or according to a peer-to-peer computer network. These two technologies are detailed below.

  According to one embodiment of the system, it further comprises at least one operating server on said computer network; said operating server is separate from the content server and allows at least the reception, storage, provision, consultation and exploitation of the data produced by at least one device according to the present invention; said server further accessing said unique identification code value generating module.

  According to a particular embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of operating servers are connected to said computer network. According to this particular embodiment, the module for generating unique identification code values produces in addition to unique identification code values for each of the operating servers.

  According to one embodiment of the system, before their transfer via said computer network, the data produced by at least one device according to the present invention, are identified using at least one of said unique identification data produced by said module for generating identification code values.

  According to one embodiment of the system, it transfers, exchanges and exploits a plurality of provider hypermedia database.

  According to one embodiment of the system, the module for generating 2863378 27 unique identification code values is located on a single operating server.

  In various non-limiting modes of use of the process of the present invention, the following means and uses are selected and may be combined in any technically feasible manner (all examples are given in a non-limiting manner): method, where at least one of the values contained in the references or the marker identifier is dedicated to a specific use, the latter will be hereinafter declined.

  Thus, according to a first particular use based on the previous use of the method, the processing of an activated dynamic hypermedia link performs at least the referencing of at least one multimedia content, following the acquisition of a marker identifier, correlatively to the reading of a pictorial anchor dedicated to said use. By way of example and illustration, the following clarifications make it possible to understand this first particular use: a particular dynamic hypermedia link has been activated: either following the acquisition of a marker identifier dedicated to this use, or on a user action other than reading a pictorial anchor, either by default.

  regardless of one of the three preceding activation modes, the triggering (or execution) of the processing of this link then makes it possible to reference a multimedia content, following the acquisition of said marker identifier. SEO consists of assigning a name to this multimedia content. This name is obviously not any and will allow for example to access this multimedia content that will first be transferred to an operating server connected to the Internet and dedicated to this use. The address on the Internet network of this server could for example be precisely that which is visually indicated in the pictorial anchor (in the area of the reference element of the hypermedia membership database) to which belongs the marker identifier that has just been acquired (if this marker identifier is that of a multimedia marker, said address may be provided textually or audibly). The code allowing the consultation of this multimedia content, once it will be transferred to this operating server, may for example be precisely that which is indicated visually in the pictorial anchor (in the reference area of said anchor ) to which belongs the newly acquired marker identifier.

  According to a second particular use of the method completing the first particular previous use, the treatment of said dynamic hypermedia link performs in addition and at least the production of operating data which is a dynamic hypermedia link. directly relating the input reference value of said marker identifier to at least the output reference value associated with said multimedia content. By way of example and illustration, the following clarifications make it possible to understand this second particular use: said particular link, in addition to simply referencing said multimedia content, also produces the computer file corresponding to another dynamic hypermedia link; this dynamic hypermedia link produced, when activated, will link said pictorial anchor with said multimedia content. Thus, in the context of this second use and still as a non-limiting example, it is possible to add a voice recording to a postcard on which is affixed a pictorial anchor dedicated to this use. The recipient of the postcard can then view the voice content that is associated with this postcard. It will do so, either by consulting an operating server according to the procedure set out in the preceding example; either using the device of the present invention. Said device then accesses said multimedia content following the activation of said dynamic hypermedia link created and consecutively to the optical reading of said pictorial anchor.

  according to a third particular use of the method supplementing the previous second particular use, the processing of said activated dynamic hypermedia link performs in addition and at least the production and storage of operating data which is the reference and the content of a database of hypermedia data comprising: said exploitation data, said reference of said multimedia content, said multimedia content; said reference of said hypermedia database being correlated to said pictorial anchor dedicated to said use. By way of example and illustration, the following clarifications make it possible to understand this third particular use: said particular link, besides simple referencing and in addition to the production of another dynamic hypermedia link, will create a hypermedia database. the reference of the hypermedia database that will be created is correlated to said pictorial anchor dedicated to this particular third use. For example, the name of this database can be assigned by the method according to the contents of the operating table associated with the operating software. Of course, this name is not arbitrary and in particular allows access to this database via the Internet and an operating server.

  According to one use of the method, accessibility of the storage means by said information processing means can be performed using a wired and / or non-wired connection. Thus, either said information storage means is locally accessible by the information processing means by means of a wired and / or non-wired connection.

  either said information storage means is accessible by said information processing means using a local or global computer network, wired and / or non-wired.

  According to a use of the method, if the constitution of the storage means does not decay according to the very relevant use of a removable flash memory, then said information storage means accessible by said information processing means is consisting of several information storage units belonging to the group comprising flash memories, EEPROM memories, EPROM memories, ROM memories, RAM memories, FeRAM memories, MRAM memories, magnetic memories, optical memories, mass storage units of the optical disk, hard disk or floppy disk type.

  According to one use of the method, the content of at least one hypermedia database or the content of the generated operating data can be accessed using a peer-to-peer or client / server architecture computer network. The so-called client / server technologies offer communication channels connecting the server application and the client application and essentially allow the sharing of data between applications and the updating of these data, in a manner that varies according to the technology used. A client application is an application that can receive, display, and store either data that is dynamically linked to a source document in the server application, or linked objects or embedded objects, depending on the technology used. A server application is an application that creates a document that contains either data that will be dynamically linked to a target document in the client application, or data that will take the form of linked objects or objects embedded in the document. target, depending on the technology used. Literally "Peer-to-Peer", "Equal to Equal", "Peer-to-Peer" or "Peer-to-Peer" (P2P) is a model of system architecture. of information whose objective is primarily to optimize the exchange of resources on a network. Schematically, it is a network where each computer can be both a provider and a consumer of resources. There is no longer a client / server application centralizing information, but peers (or peers) both clients and servers. This architecture is adapted to the present invention insofar as each user can be led to download-hypermedia databases from several providers and later return these operating data to each of the different providers. There may also exist an operating server centralizing and / or controlling all the data exchanges.

  According to a very relevant use of the method, the dynamic hypermedia links are in the form of separate computer files and independent of any operating system; the processing of said dynamic hypermedia links being then implemented in an interpreted computer language. This use is important insofar as each hypermedia database is independent of the operating systems that implement them. It is therefore not necessary to reconstruct the firmware (or firmware) implementing the method of the invention. The latter includes an interpreter, for example in the language known as BASIC which ensures its stability, reliability and homogeneity.

  Among the modes of use of the device of the present invention (all examples are given in a non-limiting manner), the following are distinguished.

  According to one use of the device, a particular mode of operation is that of a simple digital audio player / recorder.

  According to one use of the device, a particular mode of operation allows the creation in real time of at least one dynamic hypermedia link or at least one hypermedia database. This use refers to the previous uses of the method. The device produces multimedia contents by means of a sound wave or text recording module which it is equipped with; said device comprising at least one microphone and a mechanism for entering text through a control and control panel and a screen. This use is relevant in relation to the previous uses of the method, aimed at dynamically associating a pictorial anchor with multimedia content. Said multimedia content may either already exist or, depending on this use, it is created from the device. This use is therefore relevant for associating, for example, a voice recording with a postcard or photographs contained in an album. The database thus created can be stored in a removable flash memory or sent to an operating server centralizing data exchanges related to this use.

  According to a very relevant use of the method, the device and the system, the present invention can serve on the one hand for the creation of interactive survey from an edited document, in particular in a large number of copies and other part of the automatic collection of the results of the said survey. As regards the method, this use involves in particular: the creation of the multimedia contents of the questions of said poll; the creation of multimedia markers to select the answers and to link new multimedia broadcasts of questions; the creation of the pictographic anchors constituting on the one hand the entry point of said survey and on the other hand to include some parts of material support so as not to lose the respondents in the hypermedia of said interactive survey; according to this last precision, the creation of the few parts of said survey on the document to be edited; creating dynamic hypermedia links dedicated to said poll, said links being associated with sets of identifiers of pictographic anchor markers and multimedia marker identifiers; said links 2863378 32 producing operating data which are the results of said interactive poll; creating a hypermedia database containing the multimedia contents including among others the multimedia markers, said markers identifiers and said dynamic hypermedia links; Regarding the system, this use involves the implementation of a large number of devices all having at least the same hypermedia database dedicated to said interactive survey. By way of example and for the purpose of rapid implementation of the present use, all data transfers (hypermedia database and operating data produced by the devices) are managed using the Internet and peer-to-peer software. All computer stations users have access to the Internet. Said software may for example be initially provided in the device information storage unit. Each of these devices, after connection to a user computer station, is recognized as a hard disk by the operating system of said station. It contains the peer-to-peer software that can be installed. This software comes with a configuration file dedicated to the operation of the system of the present invention and allows immediate operational use. The user may, in a first use, select other hypermedia database providers from which he wishes to be powered, in addition to the provider of said interactive poll. Indeed, the access parameters to this provider is already configured. Regarding the device, in the context of the present use, the user can verify that the zone of the shared files, in the context of the use of said peer-to-peer software, corresponds to the information storage unit of the its device. In the context of conducting the survey by each user using his device, said dynamic hypermedia links produce operating data which is the compilation of all the responses to said survey. This operating data is collected in one and the same file. The name of this file includes, for example, at least the unique identification code of the user (or the device) as well as that chosen by the provider for referencing said interactive poll. The naming rule of these result files makes it possible, from a single operating server connected to the Internet network and endowed with said peer-to-peer software specially configured for this use, to repatriate all the files of the results of the poll. the set of devices. When the user is connected to the Internet from his computer station and his device is connected to said station; said result files are directly repatriated from the device to said operating server. This operation can for example be done transparently when the user has connected the device to the USS port of his computer station, only to recharge the battery. The transfer is straightforward because on the one hand the device is seen from said computer station as a simple hard disk and secondly, the configuration of said peer-to-peer software makes it possible to precisely share the directory of the device containing the results of said interactive poll. Thus, the collection of the results of said interactive survey is automatic and transparent and the implementation is fast. The use of dedicated software on the user stations significantly increases the efficiency of the implementation of this use.

  The invention will be better understood and other advantages will appear on examining the detailed description of a particular embodiment of the invention, involving the method, the device and the system. This particular embodiment is in no way limiting and is related to: FIG. 1 represents a pictographic anchor according to the invention; FIG. 2 represents, according to the invention, on the one hand an illustrated example of material support (5) on which pictographic anchors have been inserted, and on the other hand an exploitation of dynamic hypermedia links using the device. (12); FIGS. 3a and 3b show, according to the invention, the interfacing mechanisms and the processing of two dynamic hypermedia links, in association with the illustrated example of FIG. 2; FIG. 3c showing, in association with the illustrated example of FIG. 2, an exemplary operating table according to the invention; FIGS. 4 and 5 show, according to the invention, a device (12) according to two viewing planes; - Figure 6 showing the system according to the invention; In Figure 1 is shown a pictorial anchor, according to the invention. It is composed of four distinct zones: the identification zone 1, in the latter the latter is a barcode identification code. The type of bar code chosen will be discussed later.

  Zone 2 information, containing a pictogram in the form of a black line, horizontal, continuous and placed under the identification area. This pictogram informs the user here that said pictorial anchor is of a command type. The command type here refers to the fact that if the user proceeds to read said anchor, it means that he places an order for obtaining additional information by returning an email.

  the reference zone 3 of the pictorial anchor. This reference is not here equal to the alphanumeric content of the graphic identification code.

  the reference element zone 4 of the hypermedia database belonging to said pictorial anchor. This is the location on the Internet computer network of an operating server dedicated to the present implementation mode and particular embodiment of the invention.

  FIG. 2 shows an illustration of a material support 5 on which pictographic anchors have been inserted and an associated use of the device 12. Once created, the pictographic anchors are inserted and then printed in the document 5. They are also grouped together .

  Each set of pictographic anchors associated with a set of multimedia contents and a dynamic hypermedia link that relates the elements of the two sets. Document 5 arbitrarily contains two sets of pictorial anchors respectively associated with two dynamic hypermedia links and two sets of multimedia contents. The pictorial anchors 6, 7, 8 and 9 whose respective alphanumeric references are A, B, C and D are associated with the dynamic hypermedia link number 1. The pictographic anchors 14 and 11 whose respective alphanumeric references are and P are associated with the link dynamic hypermedia number 2. The two dynamic hyper-media links and the set of multimedia contents take the form of computer files and are grouped in a hypermedia database. Said hypermedia database is stored on the electronic memory 13 of the device 12. This electronic memory 13 is of the type of removable flash memory card. This electronic memory 13 as said hypermedia database may further contain information and processing operations for the implementation of the device 12. The user then implements the device 12 of the invention. This device comprises at one end, in an optical sensor 14, a light source producing a focused light beam on the support 5 and an optical detector for receiving and converting the light reflected by the support 5 into electrical signals, the scanning for reading being obtained by moving the device 12 by a gripping member of the user. The reading is done by scanning the zone 1 of the pictographic anchors. These zones 1 contain the graphic identification code which is of barcode type. The reading is made by contact, during a physical displacement, between the end of the device 12 containing the optical pickup head and the support 5 on which the pictorial anchors 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 appear. After each reading of a pictorial anchor 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11: the dynamic hypermedia link corresponding to the marker identifier value contained in the anchor, is activated; processing said dynamic hypermedia link executes with an input reference value input corresponding to the value of the marker identifier of said anchor; said processing produces a result in the form of at least one output reference value which corresponds to at least one multimedia content; said multimedia content is broadcast to the user in a visual and / or sound and / or textual form. In the present nonlimiting embodiment of the device 12, it is an audio content that is broadcast in the form of audible sound waves in the earphone 15. This audio content is optionally associated with text that scrolls on the screen of the device 12.

  FIG. 3a shows the structures defining the dynamic hypermedia link number 1. It is equipped on the one hand with two interfacing mechanisms of the same type which are correspondence tables and on the other hand with a depicted processing. It is formed by a logigram. The lookup tables are populated with values assigned to the data (marker identifier and input reference) that they map. These values are specific to dynamic hypermedia link number 1. In the logic diagram, the Input and Output variables respectively contain the value of the input reference and the value of the 2863378 36 output reference.

  FIG. 3b shows the structures defining the dynamic hypermedia link number 2. It is equipped on the one hand with two interfacing mechanisms of the same type which are correspondence tables and on the other hand with a depicted processing. in the form of a logic diagram. The lookup tables are populated with values assigned to the data (marker identifier and input reference) that they map. These values are specific to the dynamic hypermedia link number 2. In the logic diagram, the Input and Output variables contain respectively the value of the input reference and the value of the output reference.

  FIG. 3c shows the operating table of the hypermedia database associated with this illustrative example. In this particular and nonlimiting example, said hypermedia database further contains this operating table. This operating table has two functions: on the one hand it governs the transition between the activation and the deactivation of the dynamic hypermedia links number 1 and number 2, on the other hand it references the user exploitation data produced by the device 12. The production of user operating data, as part of the process, may be carried out, partly, or wholly, by the processing of dynamic hypermedia links number 1 and number 2. In the present example, are not the dynamic hypermedia link processing number 1 or number 2 that produce the user operating data, but the operating software of the device 12. In the operating table, according to this particular and nonlimiting example, each line consists respectively of the following elements: - the element of an active dynamic hypermedia link change condition. It is represented in this FIG. 3c only one of the constitutive elements of said condition, in this case: a marker identifier value (the other conditions are by way of example: a completed and valid acquisition of a marker identifier); the source dynamic hypermedia link, corresponding to that supposed to be active (current dynamic hypermedia link); yours hypermedia dynamic destination, corresponding to that to be 2863378 37 activated; an exploitation datum being a counter of the number of acquisitions of said marker identifier.

  In the present description of a particular embodiment and implementation, it has been decided that only one dynamic hypermedia link would be active at a time. It was chosen that the operation of the process would be modeled and implemented in the form of a finite state machine. Each state corresponds to an active dynamic hypermedia link. State 1 corresponds to the fact that dynamic hypermedia link number 1 is active (current). State 2 corresponds to the fact that dynamic hypermedia link number 2 is active (current). The model includes all of the two dynamic hypermedia links number 1 and number 2, predicates constituting state change conditions and actions to be performed when the state changes. The standard behavior, apart from error handling, is as follows: in the initialization phase, a dynamic hypermedia link is activated by default, according to a previously established convention; in the present example, either of the two dynamic hypermedia links number 1 or number 2 can be considered as having been activated by default.

  the activation of a dynamic hypermedia link results, among other things, in the operational conditioning of its interfacing mechanisms and its processing (the activation is to be distinguished from the trigger); each marker identifier value acquired in the pictorial anchors 6, 7, 8, 9, 1Q or 11 is a constitutive element of a condition triggering a current dynamic hypermedia link change, by a set of actions; - a current dynamic hypermedia link change results in the deactivation of the current current hypermedia dynamic link (the source dynamic hypermedia link) and the activation of a new dynamic hypermedia current link (the dynamic hypermedia link destination) according to the table of exploitation shown in Figure 3c; the error processing is not detailed here, a state change is caused when an additional condition is fulfilled: the source dynamic hypermedia link and the current dynamic hypermedia link are the same; 2863378 38 when the current current hypermedia dynamic link, the dynamic source hypermedia link and the dynamic hypermedia destination link are all three identical, the actions related to the condition just performed are performed but a mechanism allows said dynamic hypermedia link to maintain its internal state (the values of all the internal variables of its treatment are preserved); the recording, in a nonvolatile memory of the device, operating data modified or created in use, is among the actions performed during the change of state.

  An illustration of the standard behavior in this particular embodiment and implementation is as follows: reading, using the device 12, the main zone 6, 7, 8, 9 or 11 of a pictorial anchor ; it is decided that all the following actions are governed by the operating software, dedicated to the present method (the firmware or firmware), previously loaded and activated in the device 12; traversing the operating table of FIG. 3c with the marker identifier value contained in said main zone; the value of said marker identifier is found (no error processing is here exposed) in the operating table of Fig. 3c and a state change condition is realized; the current state (dynamic hypermedia number 1 of Figure 3a or dynamic hypermedia number 2 of Figure 3b) and the source state are the same; triggering the updating actions of the operating data produced by the device 12, in particular: incrementing the counter associated with said marker identifier value according to the operating table of FIG. 3c; disabling the current dynamic hypermedia link; activation of the hypermedia dynamic destination link (dynamic hypermedia link number 1 of FIG. 3a or dynamic hypermedia link number 2 of FIG. 3b): the mapping of the value of said marker identifier can now be done according to the input table a dynamic hypermedia link that has just been activated; the dynamic hypermedia link 2863378 39 destination thus becomes the current dynamic hypermedia link; search in the table of the entries belonging to the current dynamic hypermedia link (table of the entries of FIG. 3a or table of the entries of FIG. 3b), of the value of said identifier of marker; assigning a value to the input reference by mapping according to said input table and said value of said marker identifier; launching the current dynamic hypermedia link processing, (the logic diagram is shown in FIG. 3a or in FIG. 3b) which begins its actions by recovering said input reference value and assigning this value in the variable called Entrance ; said processing affects, according to the result it has produced, an output reference value by assignment of the variable called Output; said treatment terminates; the value of the output reference is retrieved; searching in the output table (output table of FIG. 3a or output table of FIG. 3b), of the audio content reference associated with the value of said output reference; broadcasting said audio content; expectation of realization of a new condition; It should be noted that the same behavior could have been obtained by simply substituting the pictorial anchors 7, 8 and 9 by multimedia markers of the same identifier. The activation and triggering of the dynamic hypermedia link to which they are attached would then have been carried out by pressing one of the buttons 22 or 24 of the control and control panel instead of the optical reading of said pictographic anchors. This substitution is particularly relevant for conducting interactive polls from any published and popular media.

  FIGS. 4 and 5 show, in two viewing planes, a particular embodiment of the device 12 according to the present invention.

  In Figure 4, the device 12 is seen in transparency. It comprises, in particular, inside a housing (25) of molded plastic material whose part 17 is detachable: the circuit board 21 the source of electrical energy 19 2863378 40 the module of the optical sensor 14 the module integrating the microcontroller An external removable flash memory card 13 of a format of a type known as the MultiMediaCard (MMC); the USB connector 16 the user control module composed of the controls 22 and 24, associated with the screen 23 the screen 23 the microphone 18 The printed circuit 21 makes it possible to establish the connections between the various electronic components of the device. Many of these components have not been represented (capacities, resistances, ..). The device 12 comprises in particular a digital converter not shown. The digital converter converts the digital signal from the MP3 decoder into an analog audio signal. The abbreviation MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) refers to MPEG (Movin Picture Experts Group), a group of experts who are developing a format for compressing moving pictures and audio clips for multimedia applications. The power of the analog signal obtained by said converter makes it possible to directly attack headphones. The electronic components are welded by conventional industrial techniques (wave soldering). Passive and active components are SMD components (Surface Mounted Components).

  The selected electrical power source 19 is a lithium polymer battery. This Battery is implicitly recharged when the user plugs the device into the USB link of a computer device.

  The module of the optical sensor 14 allows the acquisition of data after reading and decoding. To simplify this realization, we will choose a particular type of barcode. This choice is not restrictive, the device 12 of this particular embodiment being able to accept several types of bar codes. There are mainly two families of barcodes. In the first family, a black bar or a space can represent up to four binary data (current UPC and EAN business codes); in the second family, on the one hand, the bars (or spaces) 2863378 41 may have two different widths and on the other hand, two successive binary data are always separated by a black-white or white-black transition (codes 25 , 39, 11 and Codabar). We select this second family. The so-called industrial codes using this technique are robust (little substitution of characters). Their structure is simple. Start and end characters are used to avoid bad entries, and to be able to read the barcode bidirectionally. The code 39 makes it possible to encode alphanumeric values, which is not necessary for this particular embodiment of the device 12. We turn instead to the code 25 (two out of five) which makes it possible to encode the numbers from zero to nine . A character is then represented by five elements. The start and end characters for the control will also be used. The best density is obtained with the interleaved code where the characters are interleaved two by two (example: first character coded in bars interlaced with the second space-coded character) The other versions are discrete ie with distinct characters and This allows for easier visual verification if necessary during the test phase, so the choice will be on a discrete code.The code two out of five where the inter-element spaces are removed has the best density among them. character equal to three black and two light bands, the density of this code is from seven to thirteen characters for a number of centimeters (approximately 2.56) representing a one-inch English unit (plus start and end characters) ) for medium or high density printing and a ten-character message.There is no need to discuss print most recent printing technologies to print codes in the highest standardized fineness (width of a thin element equal to 0.19 mm). The module of the optical sensor 14, disposed at one end of the device 12, uses a focused transmitter and a detector in the same module. It allows the reading of barcode of many types. It comprises a reflection optic with a light-emitting diode, for example with a wavelength of 655 nm, a photodiode and a bifurcated aspherical lens. The latter is used to focus the active area of the transmitter and detector on a single point in front of the module. The output signal is the current generated by the photodiode, which is amplified by a transistor or an operational amplifier and which is converted into a binary voltage that can be processed by the microcontroller module 20. It is also possible to introduce a component dedicated to barcode decoding to optimize the total acquisition time. The module of the optical sensor 14 exploits the reverse current variation characteristics of a photovoltaic diode as a function of the brightness. A variation of current can be converted into voltage variation by the use of a resistance according to the law U = RI. The module of the optical sensor 14 then delivers an analog signal proportional to the light intensity reflected by the scanning of a bar code. A black surface absorbs the light emitted by the sensor and, in this case, the output current is low, the output is at a logic level 1. On the other hand, outside a black surface, the light is reflected and the voltage The microcontroller 20 is integrated into one and the same component furthermore including an MP3 decoder, means for managing numerous user interfaces and ROM and RAM memories. This built-in component is used in applications such as: MP3 player, PDA, MP3 mobile phone, digital video camera, car audio or multimedia MP3 player or lounge. This component manages the data flow and control of an MP3 player / recorder. The choice of this very recent and highly integrated component is justified by numerous technical and financial considerations among which: a large level of general integration of the device, reduced development and testing costs, increased reliability and reduced power consumption. The internal architecture of this component built around a microcontroller is more precisely the following: an MP3 decoder; a PCM / 12S type audio output interface module; an Analog / Digital module; a timer; a watchdog; an interface module for MMC type memory card management; A two wire interface module (TWI); a USB (Universal Serial Bus) controller; a Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART), a clock management unit, a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) link.

  2863378 43 The MP3 decoder is of the MPEG I I II audio layer 3 type. The MPEG I layer 3 compression mode (ISO 11172-3) has 3 sampling frequencies, 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz and 32 kHz. The compression ratio of this mode is of the order of 12: 1. As an example, a 3-minute audio sequence (in 16-bit PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) 44 kHz) is contained after digital analog conversion in a .32 MB file. After audio compression, a file in MP3 format of 2 is obtained. , 7 MB. The other MPEG II compression mode (ISO 13818 3) is only used for low bit rate applications.

  The PCM / l2S type audio output interface module converts a PCM or 12S type signal (type of conversion of musical signals into digital data) into a digital coded signal which must then be converted to an analog signal by a classic DAC (Digital Analog Converter). The analog signal obtained can directly attack a speaker to emit an audible sound wave.

  The Analog / Digital module consists of an analog digital converter. There are two 10-bit channels. This module and the use of a microphone makes it possible to convert an audible sound wave into its digital audio equivalent.

  The timer is a programmable 16-bit counter that can be used to periodically generate an internal interrupt to execute a task or to count external events.

  Watchdog is a hardware system that, when active, performs an automatic reset when a timeout has elapsed. This feature is a guard and allows you to reset the software in case it is blocked.

  The interface module for the management of flash memory card flash 13 .. This module supports several standards including the type MMC.

  Component 20 includes an interface module for managing the control and control module consisting of elements 22, 23 and 24.

  Regarding the input and output ports, there are 5 of 8 bidirectional bits programmable input or output. A special configuration of 2 ports makes it possible to interface an IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) hard disk.

  The TWI (Two Wire Interface) interface module relates to a standardized serial communication protocol 2863378 44 which is quite appropriate, in this case, to the management of a LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) type display.

  The USB controller allows bidirectional exchange of digital data according to a standardized protocol recognized by most of today's computer equipment.

  The UART interface makes it possible to perform two-way serial exchanges of digital data according to the RS 232 protocol. The theoretical maximum flow rate is much lower than that of the USB link, but this interface is very suitable for receiving the signal coming from the module. of the optical sensor 14.

  The clock management unit generates all the clocks necessary for the operation of the microcontroller. In electronic terms, it uses a phase locked loop called PLL (Phase Lock Loop). It is necessary to add a quartz oscillator and some passive discrete components to obtain a great stability of the oscillation frequency at any temperature.

  The SPI-type link is normally used so that an external system (host Central Unit) can control the microcontroller and thus have visibility on the devices integrated in the microcontroller.

  The external removable flash memory card 13 of type MMC is inserted into the memory port of the device 12. This port is represented by a slot located under the USB connector 16 of the device. These flash memory cards now allow you to store up to 1 GB of data and do not require power to keep the recorded information. They exist several standards more or less used which are mainly characterized by their size. The oldest format that is also the largest and the least expensive is the one known as CompactFiash (CF). It comes in versions 1 and II which correspond to two different thicknesses: 3.3 mm and 5.5 mm resect. Cards known as SmartMedia have few advantages over competitors. The cards known as SecureDigital (SD) and MultiMediaCard (MMC) are compatible and almost identical from a connector and physical point of view, but the advantage of SD is the ability to protect the card against writing through to a miniature switch. The SD format is currently the most widespread and prices are gradually decreasing to match that of CF, but its small size (about 113 of the size of a CF Type I) implies very high prices for 2863378 45 capacity greater than 256 MB. In addition SD integrates cryptographic methods to avoid the copy of its content if it is secure and is one of the most resistant to electrostatic discharge standards. There are other formats like the one known as MemoryStick (MS).

  Two new formats have recently appeared for the purpose of miniaturization. The one known by the acronym Xd is currently used in recent cameras. The one known by the acronym miniSD is a miniaturized SD card and its advantage is to remain compatible with SD cards through an adapter. Given the characteristics previously described, the choice was oriented on the MMC whose microcontroller module integrates an interface module for its management.

  The USB connector allows bidirectional exchange of digital data with computer equipment. It also allows the implicit recharge of the internal power supply 19.

  The device 12 comprises a user control module consisting of a push button 22, a screen 23 and means for starting and stopping and implementing the functionalities implemented by a multifunction button 24.

  The push button 22 is essentially used when reading the marker identifiers contained in the area 1 of the pictographic anchors. This button 22 makes it possible to activate the acquisition function (scan), that is to say the activation of the optical sensor module 14 when the user wishes to scan a barcode. For reasons of energy savings, the module of the optical sensor 14 is active only when the button 22 is kept pressed. Furthermore, this also allows a saving of processor time because the microcontroller module 20 ne scans the signals provénânce the optical sensor 14 only when the u scan function is activated. It is possible to activate, according to the selected and active configuration, functions triggered by a brief press on the button 22. Thus, a brief press on the button 22, following the diffusion of a multimedia marker, allows to activate and triggering the dynamic hypermedia link or not associated with said marker; then broadcasting the multimedia content pointed by said link.

  The procedure in relation to the button 24 comprises the possibility of a pressure along the same axis as the button 22, but in addition a setting in rotation in one direction or in the other along an axis perpendicular to the viewing plane of Figure 4. The speed of the rotation applied by the user on the command 24 is also taken into account for the activation of the features. This command 24 is more particularly dedicated to the selection of different functionalities on the one hand and the implementation of a particular mode of operation of the device as an MP3 player / recorder.

  The screen 23 is of the monochrome type. Monochrome displays are liquid crystal display (LCD) screens similar to those found in calculators, with the difference that they are mostly backlit and can display 16 gray levels per pixel. They have a significant advantage over color screens: Their power consumption is about 10 times lower and they are inexpensive.

  The microphone 18 is one of the elements of the audio recording module. The latter allows the encoding of sound waves in digital format files known as WAV (Waveform) dedicated to storing multimedia data.

  The main modes of operation of the device are as follows: exploitation of dynamic hypermedia links; dynamic creation of hypermedia links and hypermedia database; configuration adjustment; data transfer; MP3 player / recorder. The latter mode includes the following features: pause (momentarily stop sound broadcasting); stop (stop sound broadcasting); reading (reading or replaying audio files); previous / next (browsing a list of audio files); sound adjustment (volume, balance, bass, treble) video adjustment (adjustment of the visual reproduction on the screen).

  The particular mode of implementation of the system of the invention concerns the field of the written press. It is detailed in association with the illustrated example of FIG. 2. The various phases of the implementation are the following: editing station 30 (a work station for example) with dedicated software means, pictographic anchors such as 6.7 8, 9, 10 or 11 are prepared and inserted into a computer file intended to be published in a large number copies in the form of a paper document 5; it is constructed, on said editing station 30, a hypermedia database 2863378 47 in which each set of pictorial anchors is related to a set of multimedia output contents through a dynamic hypermedia link such as the hypermedia link dynamic number 1 or dynamic hypermedia link number 2 in this example; said document 5 is edited and the user of the device 12 disposes of it; said hypermedia database is transferred from the editing station 30 to a storage unit 26 of the content server 27; said hypermedia database, using the content server 27, is provided on a computer network 28, in this Internet-free example; said hypermedia database is transferred into the electronic memory 13 of the device 12 according to the invention. This transfer is carried out via said computer network 28, using the content server 27; using user computer equipment 29 with a browser for said computer network; the device 12 in function can then be implemented in association with the hardware support supplier 5; at the end of the use phase of the device 12, the user connects said device 12 to the USB port of its computer equipment 29; at least to recharge the internal power supply 19; a communication is initialized and established between the user computer equipment 29 and the device 12 via the USB port 16; the updated and identified operating data is transferred from the electronic memory 13 of the device 12 to the user computer equipment 29 on which they are stored; if, for example, the rules for nominating the exchanged files do not allow it, the operating data must be reset on the electronic memory 13 of the device 12; when a connection of the user computer equipment 29 to the computer network 28, the updated and identified operating data is transferred from the user computer equipment 29 to the content server 27 (if the system comprises a server of exploitation, the latter is better adapted to the reception of the operating data produced by the device 12); 2863378 48 available on the content server 27 and identified by at least one identification data according to the system of the invention, the operating data can be processed by the provider of said hypermedia database; In relation to this last step and by way of illustrative example: the observation, made on the content server 27, of a non-zero value of the counter (operating variable named counter E of FIG. 3c) associated with the pictographic anchor 10 may be followed by the following operations: sending an appropriate email to the user, an email address associated with his identifier; dynamic positioning of operating data in the initialization phase of a transfer of a new hypermedia database to the device 12 of said user. Thus, during a first new use of the device 12 by said user, the broadcast of an appropriate information voice message will inform him that his complementary information command has been satisfied.

  It should be noted that all the data exchanges between the different elements of the present system of the invention can be automatically and transparently managed by software known as peer-to-peer.

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49 CLAIMS   A method of interactive linking with multimedia information from a material medium, using pictographic anchors edited on said medium, at least one dynamic hypermedia link, and one or more hypermedia databases, the set implemented by a system on a computer network and a miniature stand-alone device including an optical reader, an information processing unit, an electronic memory, a multimedia unit and a connection with or wireless for a computer network, this method characterized in that: at least one set of pictorial anchors, each consisting of at least two zones, is created: a first identification zone including an identification code; marker encoding information including at least one marker identifier whose value is provided by an identification code value generating means; a second information zone including a pictographic code composed of at least one pictogram informing at least the presence of said pictorial anchor; each of said pictorial anchors is respectively materialized on each part of the material medium for which it is desired to relate its informational or physical environment to information at least presented in a multimedia form and at least delivered in a non-interactive manner; at least by referencing, a set of multimedia contents is created consisting at least of references to each of said contents; said assembly being associated with said set of pictographic anchors; at least by referencing, at least one dynamic hypermedia link is created consisting of a processing and at least one interface mechanism for said processing, on the one hand having for input at least one input reference value. a marker identifier and, on the other hand, as a result, at least one output reference value of a multimedia content identifier; we create; at least by referencing, at least one provider hypermedia database consisting of at least: the reference to said dynamic hypermedia link and the reference to said set of multimedia contents; said dynamic hypermedia link making it possible to relate at least one of said pictorial anchors to at least one of said multimedia contents; at least all the contents directly and / or indirectly referenced by said hypermedia database are stored in an information storage means consisting of at least one information storage unit; said storage means being accessible by an information processing means; the identification zone of at least one of said pictographic anchors present on a material medium is read using a reading means which decodes and transmits to said information processing means the information encoded in said code; marker identification; activating in said information processing means, at least p-defect, said hypermediated database and the dynamic hypermedia link associated with said marker identifier; executing in said information processing means the processing of said dynamic hypermedia link; said processing then having as input at least one input reference value associated with said marker identifier and producing as a result at least one output reference value associated with one of said multimedia contents; performing at least the updating of user operating data comprising at least one counter associated with at least one of said marker identifiers and incremented at each valid acquisition of the corresponding pictorial anchor; the multimedia information corresponding to each multimedia content referenced by each value of said output reference is broadcast using a multimedia means; storing for a deferred operation in said storage means information accessible by said information processing means, said user data at least updated; 2. Method according to claim 1 characterized in that said marker identification code is a graphic barcode type identification code.   3. Method according to claim 1 or 2 characterized in that said marker identification code is of a proprietary format.   4. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said marker identification code encodes additional information to that of a marker identifier.   5. Method according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that said pictographic code is composed of at least one pictogram consisting of at least one visible line whose shape, style, dimensions, location and color provide at least information on the type and / or nature of the pictorial anchor in which it is included; 6. Method according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that said pictographic cade is composed of at least one pictogram consisting of at least one line whose shape, style, dimensions, location and color informs at least on the type and / or the nature and / or the mode of access, broadcastable multimedia information on activation of the dynamic hypermedia link to which said pictogram is attached.   7. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said pictorial anchors additionally comprise 2863378 52 the two following reference areas reference element of the hypermedia belonging database, alphanumeric reference d - e, said pictorial anchor.   8. Method according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that said pictographic anchors are printed directly on a material support.   9. Method according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that said pictorial anchors are each printed on a label affixed to a material support.   10. Method according rune any one of the preceding claims characterized in that said creation of said set of multimedia contents is additionally carried out, besides referencing said set, by creating at least one of the multimedia contents that compose it.   11.A method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one part of the hands of one of said multimedia controllers is the multimedia marker of a hypennedia link; a marker identifier then being indifferently that of a pictographic anchor or that of a multimedia marker.   12. The method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said creation of said hypermedia-dynamic link is additionally carried out, besides the referencing of said dynamic hypermedia link, by the creation of at least one of the elements of treatment and / or or interfacing mechanisms - which composes it.   fia. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 12 characterized in that the mechanism for interfacing a dynamic link-hypermedia is a particular treatment fully included in the treatment of said dynamic hypermedia link; said particular process producing on the one hand an input reference value associated with a marker identifier and on the other hand at least one output reference value associated with a multimedia content identifier.   Method according to any one of Claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the mechanism for interfacing a dynamic hypermedia link is a structure external to the processing of said dynamic hypermedia link and consists of two correspondence tables: a table of entries putting at least respectively in. maps a marker identifier to an input reference value; an output table at least respectively matching at least one output reference value with a multimedia content identifier.   15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mechanism for interfacing a dynamic hypermedia is a combination between on the one hand a particular treatment included in the treatment of said dynamic hypermedia link and on the other hand a correspondence table external to the processing of said dynamic hypermedia link said interfacing mechanism allowing at least to associate, on the one hand unf.-. The value of refers to the tag identifier and the at least one output reference value to a multimedia content identifier.   16. Method according to any one of claims 13 to 16 characterized in that part of the processing of a dynamic hypermedia link is deported through the prior allocation of correlated values between said identifiers and / or between said references.   17.Procédé according to any one of claims 1 to 16 characterized in that it multimediaized said material support by setting non-interactive relationship with a dynamically constructed information node and consisting of several multimedia contents processing said dynamic hypermedia link active generating multiple output reference values for one and only one input reference value; 18. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that it hypermédiatise said material support by the dynamic construction of the interactive relationship with an information node consisting of a single multimedia content; processing said active dynamic hypermedia link producing one and only one output reference value following storage and operation of a plurality of input reference values.   19. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 16 characterized in that hypermédiatise said material support by the dynamic construction of the interactive relationship with an information node consisting of several multimedia contents; processing said active dynamic hypermedia link producing a plurality of output reference values as a result of storing and operating multiple input reference values.   20. Process according to any one of claims 17 to 19 characterized in that the diffusion of: a single multimedia content in the form of at least two media. among the textual forms ,. visual and sound-or, - more multimedia content in the form of one or more media, is sequential or semi-simultaneous.   21. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the elements constituting a hypermedia database are stored in several information storage units of said information storage means accessible by said data processing means. 'information.   22. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a hypermedia database is activated following the acquisition of a dedicated marker identifier based on hypermedia values. 23. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in a minimal configuration, a hypermedia database allows access to a single dynamic hypermedia link directly relating a single marker identifier to a single content identifier. multimedia same value; the treatment of said dynamic hypermedia link including its interfacing mechanism.   24. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a hypermedia database comprises, in addition to references: the contents of several links hyperm-r3ias-dynaniq_ues, the multimedia contents themselves of several sets of contents. multi-media; ... each dynamic hypermedia link: being respectively associated with a set of p-tographic anchors and a set of multimedia contents included in said hypermedia database.   25.A method according to claim 24, characterized in that several dynamic 4m-media links of one and the same active hypermedia data base are simultaneously active.   26. The method of claim 24 characterized that one and only one dynamic hypermedia link of the same active hypermedia database is active at a time; during the creation of said hypermedia database, one of the dynamic hypermedia links being declared active by default 27. The method of claim 26 characterized in that the acquired value of a marker identifier is interpreted as one of the constituent elements of a condition triggering actions causing a dynamic hypermedia link transition by deactivating the current active dynamic hypermedia link and activating the dynamic hypermedia link associated with said marker identifier according to the rules set in an exploitation table associated with said base hypermedia data.   28. The method of claim 27, characterized in that said operating table is a correspondence table respectively matching at least one marker identifier value, a source dynamic hypermedia link reference value and a reference value. dynamic hypermedia link destination.   29. The method as claimed in claim 28, characterized in that said exploitation table additionally contains and furthermore corresponds to at least one marker identifier value with at least one exploitation datum.   3U. Method according to the claim. Characterized in that said operating table does not contain and does not provide the reference value of an operating data associated with a marker identifier value; active dynamic hypermedia link processing for accessing and updating operating data associated with at least one marker identifier or multimedia content.   31. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the order of each update of said operating data is stored.   32. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said identification code value generating means further provided at least one value of a unique vendor ID and a unique user identifier value.   3-3: Method according to claim 32 characterized in that it also carries out, during the updating step, é the exploitation of user and supplier code values.   34. Method according to claim 33, characterized in that the identification of said operating data is carried out by unambiguous association with at least one unique identification code value.   35. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the dedicated operating software which implements it comprises at least one mechanism allowing the respective matching of the. minus a marker identifier value with a reference value. hypermedia database activabfe ,.   IO 36. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the operations performed on said operating data are carried out either by a particular processing of the operating software which implements the method, or by treatment of the dynamic hypermedia link. active, either by fun and the other of the two treatments 37. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one of the values contained in the references or -the marker identifier is dedicated to a use specific-.   38. Apparatus for carrying out the method according to any one of the preceding claims, said -depositive-autonomous -portable comprising in a single mobile housing (25), at least - an optical reading module (14) including means for acquiring, decoding and transferring information encoded in an identification code containing at least one marker identifier to an information processing module; said processing module (20y of information accessing an information storage module; said information storage module consisting of at least one storage unit of the removable flash memory card type); 13); a multimedia module for decoding and encoding multimedia contents; a module for broadcasting multimedia contents in a textual, visual and / or sound form and comprising at least one screen (23); an audible sound wave rendering mechanism (15), a control and control panel (22 and 24) for carrying out its functions, a multimedia content capture module comprising at least one microphone (18) and a mechanism for inputting text through said control and control panel (22 and 24) and said display (23); a power source (19); a bidirectional communication module (16) for the dedicated exchange, with infor equipment (29), a microprogram implementing its functionalities said firmware being downloadable using said bidirectional communication module (16).   39. A system for implementing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 37, said system comprising at least: at least one editing computer station (30) with dedicated software for the least: the creation of at least one set of pictographic elements, the insertion of these pictographic anchors in a computer document intended for i tpressior1 on a Material medium, the creation of at least one dynamic hypermedia, the creation of at least a multimedia marker and its insertion in at least one multimedia content, the creation and / or storage of at least one set of multimedia contents, the creation of at least one supplier hypermedia database referenced et_com. posed said dynamic hyper-media link, said set of multimedia contents associated with said dynamic hypermedia link; at least one device (12) according to claim 38; at least one content server (27) on a computer network (28) allowing at least, on the one hand, storing, consulting and making available for the transfer, hypermedia databases such as than said supplier hypermedia database and secondly the reception and storage of the data produced by at least one device (12) according to claim 38, for their exploitation - at least one user computer station (29) on said computer network (28), at least having a hypermedia browser for said computer network and allowing, on the one hand, access to and / or transfer of at least said hypermedia database between said content server (27) and said device (12) and secondly, the transfer of data produced by said device (12), between said device (12) and said content server (27); a module generating unique identification code values for each of the elements of said system.   40. The method as claimed in claim 37, characterized in that the processing of an activated dynamic hypermedia link performs at least the referencing of at least one multimedia content, following the acquisition of a marker identifier, correlatively to the reading of a pictorial anchor dedicated to said use.   41. The method as claimed in claim 40, characterized in that the processing of said dynamic hypermedia link additionally carries out at least the production of operating data which is a dynamic hypermedia link directly relating the input reference value of said identifier of marker with at least the output reference value associated with said multimedia content.   42. The method as claimed in claim 41, characterized in that the processing of said activated dynamic hypermedia link additionally carries out, at least, the production and storage of operating data which are the reference and the content of a hypermedia database constituted: - said operating data; Said reference of said multimedia content of said multimedia content, said reference of said hypermedia database being correlated to said pictorial anchor dedicated to said use.   43. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 37 or 40 to 42, characterized in that said information storage means is accessible by said information processing means, using Iule liaison wired and / or non-wired.   44. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 37 or 40 to 42, characterized in that said means for storing information accessible by said information processing means consists of several storage units of the information belonging to a group comprising flash memories, EEPROM memories, EPROM memories, ROM memories, RAM memories, FeRAM memories, MRAM memories, magnetic memories, optical memories, disk-type mass storage units optical, hard disk or floppy disk.   45. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 37 or 40 to 42, characterized in that the contents of at least one hypermedia database or the contents of the operating data produced, are accessible using a computer network with peer-to-peer or client / server architecture.   46: _ Method according to any one of claims 1 to 37 or 40 to 42., characterized in that the dynamic hypermedia links are in the form of separate computer files and independent of any operating software; the processing of said dynamic hypermedia links being then implemented in an interpreted computer language.   47. Device according to claim 38 characterized in that a particular mode of operation is that of a digital audio player.   Device according to any one of claims 38 or 47 characterized in that a particular mode of operation allows the creation in real time of at least one dynamic hypermedia link and / or at least one database hypermedia, according to a method according to one of claims 41 or 42.   49. Use of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 37 or 40 to 46, the device according to any one of claims 38, 47, 48 or the system according to claim 39 for the creation and operation of survey interactive from a published material support.