The present invention contemplates a novel method and device that employs
a coordinate scanner to monitor an identifiable surface and communicate
to a computer the exact location of the placement of a pointer on any
identified surface and perform a variety of preprogrammed responses. This
surface is identified to a computer by identifying indicia such as a bar
code or other means such as user input. The computer will perform
preprogrammed electronic responses to identified points on the surface by
matching the identified point on the surface with an electronic version
of the surface in memory. The designated surface may be flat or it may
consist of a contoured surface in a wide variety of sizes and materials.
The designated surface may be a test enabling answers by point
designation or an advertisement enabling ordering by designating products
on the surface or other types of indicia on a surface.