Image networks for mobile communication

A mobile communications system for image networks comprising:

• a mobile device having a communications component to process voice or digital data and communicate over at least one communications network, and an image acquisition component to acquire and process a plurality of images each image is associated with multimedia information including image data, associated text data, audio data, or security information, and a function that automatically displays information which corresponds to an object represented in an image entity, wherein the object is a physical object separate from the mobile device, and wherein the image is linked through a relationship to related data defined by a user or past user behavior stored on a server or the mobile device, wherein the mobile device acquires the images via a camera or image sensor in real time, wherein a set of functions or a toolbar of functions are overlayed or displayed on top on an image display;
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• a network server wherein the server is configured to store the plurality of images the server configured to receive an image from the mobile device, and the server further having an image switch and router component configured to perform a pattern recognition process on at least one object in the at least one image and transmit the at least one image of the image network through the communications network to a different network element.

A mobile communications system for images comprising:

• a mobile device comprising a processor, camera, and wireless transmit and receive component;
• wherein the mobile device is configured to communicate via at least one wireless communications network;
• wherein the mobile device acquires an image using the camera or an image sensor;
• wherein the image is displayed on the screen of the mobile device;
• wherein an object represented in the image is identified by the mobile device;
• wherein the object is recognized using an image recognition program;
• wherein the recognized object corresponds to a physical object separate from the mobile device;
• wherein the mobile device displays text related to the recognized object on the display of the mobile device;
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• wherein a set of functions or a toolbar of functions are overlayed or displayed on top on the image screen.

A mobile image recognition system comprising:

• a mobile device, wherein the mobile device has a touch enabled display and processor;
• a display area on the mobile device;
• wherein the mobile device acquires images via camera and performs pattern recognition using the processor on the images to create a function, wherein the mobile device sends the images to a server, wherein a set of functions or a toolbar of functions are overlayed or displayed on top on an image in the display;
• a server, wherein the server receives the images from a mobile device, wherein the server performs pattern recognition of said images;
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• an interface on the mobile device which interacts with the display area through light, wherein the act of pointing at an image on the display area launches an application on the mobile device.