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US 2006/0079294 A1Published application
System, method and mobile unit to sense objects or text and retrieve related information
OwnerAlexander Cheninventor
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Abstract
A system, method and mobile unit to sense objects and/or text and retrieve related images, text or translations. The system may allow users to instantly access information about an object or text with a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, pager, personal digital assistant (PDA) or lap top computer.
Claims23
A mobile device comprising:
- a sensor configured to capture an image of an object;
- a keypad configured to receive a user command to select a category of information related to the object, the information comprising at least one of an image, a video, an audio file, and text;
- a transceiver configured to (a) wirelessly transmit the image and user command to a communication system and (b) wirelessly receive titles of information within the category of information from the communication system;
- and
- a display configured to display the received titles.
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A method of operating a mobile device, the method comprising:
- capturing an image of an object with the mobile device;
- receiving a user command to select a category of information related to the object, the information comprising at least one of an image, a video, and text;
- wirelessly transmitting the image and user command to a communication system;
- wirelessly receiving titles of information within the category of information from the communication system;
- and
- displaying the received titles.
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A system comprising:
- a communication network configured to receive a user command and data representing an image of an object from a mobile device;
- and
- a computer configured to (a) receive the user command and data from the communication network, (b) access at least one of a database and the Internet to find information related to the object, the information comprising at least one of an image, a video, an audio file, text, a hypertext link, and a web site, and (c) send titles of the found information to the communication network;
- wherein the communication network is configured to send the titles to the mobile device.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a user command and data representing an image of an object from a mobile device;
- accessing at least one of a database and the Internet to find information related to the object, the information comprising at least one of an image, a video, an audio file, text, a hypertext link, and a web site;
- and
- sending titles of the found information to the mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.