Associating and retrieving memories with physical objects
OwnerJennifer Richards Garbosinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided that include presenting on a display of a computing device a representation of a physical item that is uniquely identifiable by an identification system, receiving an indication of a digital asset to be associated with the selected physical item, associating the digital asset with the physical item, thereby creating a digital link between the digital asset and the physical item, and storing the link in a datastore accessible by the identification system such that the digital asset is retrievable incident receiving a request to present the digital asset based on a subsequent digital capture of the uniquely identifiable item.
Claims14
One or more non-transitory computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method of creating a digital association with a physical item, the method comprising:
- presenting on a display of the computing device a representation of a physical item, wherein the physical item is uniquely identifiable by an identification system;
- receiving an indication of a digital asset to be associated with the selected physical item;
- associating the digital asset with the physical item, thereby creating a digital link between the digital asset and the physical item;
- and
- storing the link in a datastore accessible by the identification system such that the digital asset is retrievable incident receiving a request to present the digital asset based on a subsequent digital capture of the uniquely identifiable item.
One or more non-transitory computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method of identifying a digital data item, the method comprising:
- presenting via the computing device a scan control that is useable to initiate capturing an image of a physical uniquely identifiable item;
- receiving an indication that the scan control has been initiated;
- presenting a capture area on the display, wherein the capture area is defined by a capture boundary;
- capturing an image of the uniquely identifiable item within the capture boundary, resulting in a captured image;
- based on the image, identifying a digital asset associated with the uniquely identifiable item;
- and
- presenting the digital asset via the computing device.
One or more non-transitory computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method of creating a digital association with a physical item, the method comprising:
- causing a plurality of representations of physical items to be presented on a computing device, wherein each of the physical items is uniquely identifiable by an identification system;
- receiving an indication of a selection of one of the representations of the physical items, thereby resulting in selected physical item;
- receiving an indication of a digital asset to be associated with the selected physical item;
- associating the digital asset with the selected physical item, thereby creating a digital link between the digital asset and the selected physical items;
- storing the link in a datastore accessible by the identification system such that the digital asset is retrievable incident to receiving a scan of the uniquely identifiable physical item.
An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a rear surface;
- a front surface that includes a void defined by a raised edge;
- a set of attributes that enable the article to be uniquely identified by a digital scanning process, wherein the set of attributes includes one or more of the following:
- geometric characteristics;
- one or more colors;
- a QR code;
- a near-field-communication (NFC) tag;
- an insert within the void;
- a scent marker;
- molecular make-up;
- or
- a handwritten message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.