US 2013/0281069 A1 · DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE CUE MODULES

Abstract

A device includes a primary cue module, a secondary cue module, a processing module, and a wireless transceiver. The primary cue module obtains primary data regarding an object of interest and the secondary cue module obtains secondary data regarding the object of interest. The processing module is operably coupled to: convert the primary data and the secondary data into an outbound message; convert the outbound message into an outbound symbol stream; and convert an inbound symbol stream into an inbound message, wherein the inbound message includes information regarding the object of interest. The wireless transceiver is operably coupled to: convert the outbound symbol stream into an outbound wireless signal; and convert an inbound wireless signal into the inbound symbol stream.

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Dependent claims

A mobile communications device comprising:

a processing module operably coupled to a plurality of cue modules to collect a plurality of cues about an object of interest;
a wireless transmitter operably coupled to the processing module to transmit an outbound wireless message including the collected plurality of cues and a request for additional information about the object of interest from one or more remote searchable databases;
a wireless receiver operably coupled to the processing module to receive an inbound wireless message containing one or more parts of the requested additional information;
and
a display to present the received one or more parts of the requested additional information.

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An information distribution device comprising:

a wireless interface for receiving at least one wireless request message from a mobile communications device, the at least one request messages comprising at least a plurality of cues about an object of interest selected by the mobile communications device and a request for additional information about the object of interest;
a processing module to process the at least a plurality of cues and request for additional information, the processing module searching operably connected memory for the additional information;
and
a transmitter operably coupled to the processing module to transmit a wireless response message to the mobile communications device containing one or more parts of the requested additional information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Device with multiple cue modules

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Device with multiple cue modules

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Abstract

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