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US 2013/0297650 A1Published application
Using Multimedia Search to Identify Products
OwnerWenlong Li, Xiaofeng Tong +1inventors
InventorsWenlong Li, Xiaofeng Tong, Yimin Zhang
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Abstract
A product in television program currently being watched can be identified by extracting at least one decoded frame from a television transmission. The frame can be transmitted to a separate mobile device for requesting an image search and for receiving the search results. The search results can be used to identify the product.
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A method comprising:
- detecting occurrence of an event;
- in response to detecting an event, automatically capturing an electronic decoded signal from a television program;
- and
- performing a search using said signal to facilitate identification of a product depicted in the program.
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At least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions to enable a computer to:
- detect the occurrence of an event;
- in response to detection of an event, automatically capture an image;
- and
- initiate a search using said image to facilitate identification of a product depicted in the image.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a processor to automatically capture an electronic signal from a television program in response to said event, and transmit said decoded signal for use as an input for a keyword search to identify a product depicted in said signal;
- and
- a storage coupled to said processor.
At least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions to enable a computer to:
- receive a specified location;
- monitor a user's current location;
- and
- notify the user when the user is within a predetermined distance from said specified location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.