Method for acquisition and distribution of product price information

A mobile device, including

• a capturing device including a still image camera, a video recorder, a microphone and/or a keypad adapted to capture a data signal relating to at least one of a price of a product, a type of the product, a point of retail, a document of retail and voice information;
• a clock for determining a time of capturing;
• a position detection device adapted to detect a geographic position at the time of capturing, and
• a communication interface adapted to transmit, to a server over a network, at least one of
• the captured data signal together with metadata including the time of capturing and the geographic position of capturing and
• a piece of product price information derived from the captured data signal together with the metadata.

A computer program including computer-program instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising

• capturing a data signal including image data, voice data and/or keypad input data, the captured data signal including information related to a price of a product, to a point of retail of the product and a type of the product;
• determining metadata including a geographic position of the capturing and a time of the capturing;
• determining a piece of product price information including the type of the product, the price of the product, and the point of retail by analyzing the captured data signal;
• determining credibility data of the piece of product price information;
• including the piece of product price information, the metadata and the respective credibility information into a database.

A method for determining product price information, including

• capturing, by a microphone, voice data including information related to a price of a product, to a point of retail of the product and/or a type of the product;
• determining metadata including a geographic position of the capturing and a time of the capturing;
• determining a piece of product price information including the type of the product, the price of the product, and the point of retail by analyzing the captured data signal;
• including the piece of product price information and the metadata into a data-base.