Device and method for providing augmented reality content
AssigneeMentar Holding AG
InventorReto SPOERRI
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Abstract
A mobile communication device comprises an electronic circuit configured to determine a location of a user, transmit a query request to a computerized virtual real estate directory system, and receive therefrom a query response. The query response comprises one or more virtual real estate objects assigned to a virtual real estate object location within a predefined region around the user. The mobile communication device transmits for at least one particular virtual real estate object a content request to an augmented reality content server defined in the query response. The mobile communication device receives from the augmented reality content server augmented reality content and plays the augmented reality content for the particular virtual real estate object.
Claims15
A mobile communication device, comprising an electronic circuit configured to:
- determine a location of a user of the mobile communication device;
- transmit a query request via a communication network to a computerized virtual real estate directory system, the query request comprising at least the location of the user;
- receive from the virtual real estate directory system via the communication network a query response, the query response comprising one or more virtual real estate objects assigned to a virtual real estate object location within a predefined region around the user, each of the virtual real estate objects comprising identification information and a network address of an augmented reality content server;
- transmit for at least one particular virtual real estate object a content request via the communication network to one of the augmented reality content servers, respectively using the network address of the augmented reality content server, each content request comprising the identification information of the particular virtual real estate object;
- receive from the augmented reality content server via the communication network augmented reality content for the particular virtual real estate object;
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- play the augmented reality content for the particular virtual real estate object.
A method of providing augmented reality content to a user of a mobile communication device having an electronic circuit, the method comprising:
- determining in the mobile communication device a location of the user of the mobile communication device;
- transmitting from the mobile communication device a query request via a communication network to a computerized virtual real estate directory system, the query request comprising at least the location of the user;
- receiving in the mobile communication device from the virtual real estate directory system via the communication network a query response, the query response comprising one or more virtual real estate objects assigned to a virtual real estate object location within a predefined region around the user, each of the virtual real estate objects comprising identification information and a network address of an augmented reality content server;
- transmitting from the mobile communication device for at least one particular virtual real estate object a content request via the communication network to one of the augmented reality content servers, respectively using the network address of the augmented reality content server, each content request comprising the identification information of the particular virtual real estate object;
- receiving in the mobile communication device from the augmented reality content server via the communication network the augmented reality content for the particular virtual real estate object;
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- playing in the mobile communication device the augmented reality content for the particular virtual real estate object.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer program code configured to control an electronic circuit of a mobile communication device such that the mobile communication device performs the method comprising:
- determining in the mobile communication device a location of the user of the mobile communication device;
- transmitting from the mobile communication device a query request via a communication network to a computerized virtual real estate directory system, the query request comprising at least the location of the user;
- receiving in the mobile communication device from the virtual real estate directory system via the communication network a query response, the query response comprising one or more virtual real estate objects assigned to a virtual real estate object location within a predefined region around the user, each of the virtual real estate objects comprising identification information and a network address of an augmented reality content server;
- transmitting from the mobile communication device for at least one particular virtual real estate object a content request via the communication network to one of the augmented reality content servers, respectively using the network address of the augmented reality content server, each content request comprising the identification information of the particular virtual real estate object;
- receiving in the mobile communication device from the augmented reality content server via the communication network the augmented reality content for the particular virtual real estate object;
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- playing in the mobile communication device the augmented reality content for the particular virtual real estate object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.