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US 9,038,899 B2Granted
Obtaining user assistance
AssigneeThe Invention Science Fund I, LLC
InventorsEdward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr.
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Abstract
An apparatus, device, method, computer program product, and system that obtains an end user assistance for an identified item within a geographic locale.
Claims44
A method comprising:
- identifying a presence of an item within a geographic locale in response to a signal indicative of an identifying aspect of the item, the identifying aspect including at least one of:
- an electromagnetic aspect of the item;
- an optical aspect of at least a portion of the item, an acoustic aspect of the item or a magnetic aspect of the item;
- obtaining an end user assistance corresponding to the item in response to an identification of a presence of the item within the geographic locale;
- and
- providing the end user assistance to the item for use by the item.
3 more elements
A method comprising:
- receiving a signal indicative of an identifying aspect of an item, the identifying aspect of the item including of at least one of:
- an electromagnetic aspect of the item;
- an optical aspect of at least a portion of the item, an acoustic aspect of the item or a magnetic aspect of the item;
- identifying a presence of the item within a geographic locale in response to the signal indicative of the identifying aspect of the item;
- and
- obtaining an end user assistance corresponding to the item in response to an identification of a presence of the item within the geographic locale;
- and
- providing the end user assistance to the item for use by the item.
5 more elements
A computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a process comprising:
- receiving a signal indicative of an identifying aspect of an item, the identifying aspect including at least one of:
- an electromagnetic aspect of the item;
- an optical aspect of at least a portion of the item, an acoustic aspect of the item or a magnetic aspect of the item;
- identifying a presence of an item within a geographic locale in response to the signal indicative of the identifying aspect of the item;
- and
- obtaining an end user assistance corresponding to the item in response to an identification of a presence of the item within the geographic locale;
- and
- providing the end user assistance to the item for use by the item.
5 more elements
A system comprising:
- a computing device operable to receive a signal indicative of an identifying aspect of an item, the identifying aspect including at least one of:
- an electromagnetic aspect of the item;
- an optical aspect of at least a portion of the item, an acoustic aspect of the item or a magnetic aspect of the item;
- and
- instructions that when executed on the computing device configure the computing device for:
- receiving the signal indicative of the identifying aspect of the item;
- identifying a presence of the item within a geographic locale in response to the signal indicative of the identifying aspect item of the item;
- and
- obtaining an end user assistance corresponding to the item in response to an identification of a presence of the item within the geographic locale;
- and
- providing the end user assistance to the item for use by the item.
8 more elements
A method comprising:
- receiving a signal indicative of an identifying aspect of an item, the identifying aspect including at least one of:
- an electromagnetic aspect of the item;
- an optical aspect of at least a portion of the item, an acoustic aspect of the item or a magnetic aspect of the item;
- identifying a presence of the item within a geographic locale in response to the signal indicative of the identifying aspect of the item within a geographic locale;
- and
- obtaining a user assistance corresponding to the identifying aspect of the item;
- and
- providing the end user assistance to the item for use by the item.
5 more elements
A method implemented in a computing device, the method comprising:
- allowing a detector to generate a signal indicative of an indentifying aspect of an item, the identifying aspect including at least one of:
- an electromagnetic aspect of the item;
- an optical aspect of at least a portion of the item, an acoustic aspect of the item or a magnetic aspect of the item;
- and
- waiting while the computing device;
- receives the signal indicative of the identifying aspect of the item,
- identifies the item in response to the signal indicative of the identifying aspect of the item,
- acquires an end user assistance corresponding to the item, and
- delivers the end user assistance corresponding to the item;
- and
- receiving the end user assistance at the item for use by the item.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.