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US 8,799,097 B2Granted
Accessing remote systems using image content
AssigneeWounder GmbH., LLC
InventorMelvin L. Barnes, Jr.
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Abstract
Systems and methods allow users to capture an image and transmit data to a remote system. An embodiment includes a method comprising capturing, at a mobile device, an image; generating, at the mobile device, text from the image using a recognition algorithm; and transmitting, from the mobile device, the text to a remote system.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- capturing, at a mobile device, an image;
- generating, at the mobile device, text from the image using a recognition algorithm;
- displaying, at the mobile device, the text using a user interface;
- receiving, at the mobile device, an input selecting the displayed text through a pointing device of the user interface;
- opening, at the mobile device, a web browser in response to the input;
- and
- accessing a web page with the web browser based on the text in response to the input.
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A mobile device, comprising:
- an image input device configured to capture an image;
- a communication device;
- a user interface;
- and
- a processor in operative association with the image input, device, user interface, and communication device, the processor configured to:
- receive the image from the image input device;
- recognize content within the image;
- associate text with the content;
- display the text using the user interface;
- receive an input selecting the displayed text through a pointing device of the user interface;
- open, at the mobile device, web browser in response to the input;
- and
- access a web page with the web browser based on to the text in response to the input.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions for executing on a mobile device, the instructions comprising:
- instructions for capturing, at the mobile device, an image;
- instructions for determining, at the mobile device, text associated with the image using a recognition algorithm;
- instructions for displaying, at the mobile device, the text using a used interface;
- instructions for receiving, at the mobile device, an input selecting the displayed text through a pointing device of the user interface;
- instructions for opening, at the mobile device, a web browser in response to the input;
- and
- instructions for accessing a web page with the web browser based on the text in response to the input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.