Unlocking digital content using image recognition
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsJeremy Faller, Erik Walter
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Abstract
An electronic book system prompts a user to provide an image, for instance by taking a picture using a camera integrated on a smart phone. The user provides the image, the image is sent for processing by an image search facility and a check is made to see whether the image matches the prompt. If so, content is unlocked for access by the user. Advertising material may also be provided relating to the prompt.
Claims24
A system to selectively unlock a portion of an electronic book, comprising:
- a system database storing book data and user profile information;
- a reader device in communication with the system database, the reader device configured to provide a prompt to a user to submit an image;
- an image processing facility, the image processing facility configured to receive data relating to the image from the reader device, the image processing facility further configured to generate metadata corresponding to the image;
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- an unlocking subsystem in communication with the image processing facility, the unlocking subsystem configured to unlock the portion of the electronic book responsive to correspondence between the prompt and the metadata.
A system to selectively unlock content for access on a device by a user, comprising:
- a system database configured to store the content and to store profile information of the user;
- an interface subsystem configured to provide a prompt to the user to supply an image;
- an image processing facility, the image processing facility configured to receive data relating to the image from the device and generate results therefrom;
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- an unlocking subsystem in communication with the image processing facility, the unlocking subsystem configured to unlock the content responsive to correspondence between the prompt and the results.
A computer-implemented method of unlocking a portion of an electronic book, comprising:
- storing book data and user profile information in a database;
- providing a prompt to a user to supply an image via a user device;
- generating metadata corresponding to the image;
- unlocking the portion of the electronic book responsive to correspondence between the prompt and the metadata;
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- updating a database to indicate that the portion has been unlocked.
A computer-implemented method for selectively unlocking content for access on a device by a user, comprising:
- storing the content and profile information of the user in a system database;
- providing a prompt to the user to supply an image;
- processing the image and generating results therefrom;
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- unlocking the content responsive to correspondence between the prompt and the results.
A system to selectively provide content for access on a device by a user, comprising:
- a system database configured to store the content and to store profile information of the user;
- an interface subsystem configured to provide a prompt to the user to supply a sensed input;
- a processing facility configured to receive data relating to the sensed input from the device and generate results therefrom;
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- an unlocking subsystem in communication with the processing facility, the unlocking subsystem configured to provide the content responsive to correspondence between the prompt and the results.
A computer-implemented method for selectively providing content for access on a device by a user, comprising:
- storing the content and profile information of the user in a system database;
- providing a prompt to the user to supply a sensed input;
- processing the sensed input and generating results therefrom;
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- providing the content responsive to correspondence between the prompt and the results.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.