Augmented reality system for product identification and promotion

A system for providing an augmented reality interface, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• preload a plurality of video snippets from the server based on a location of a location information of a portable electronic device, each of the plurality of video snippets being a smaller video file of a corresponding stored video;
• acquire a video of a real-world scene and metadata with a camera of a portable electronic device;
• overlay one or more of the plurality of video snippets corresponding to a location and a direction at which a corresponding video was originally captured based on the location information and a orientation information of the portable electronic device without manipulating the plurality of video snippets based on corner features of the video of the real-world scene;
• manipulate a retrieved video corresponding to an displayed video snippet based on matching corner feature information of the displayed video snippet generated and provided by a server and corner features of the video of the real-world scene, wherein the retrieved video is retrieved with metadata having selected features;
• combine the manipulated video with a currently observed real-world scene viewed with the portable electronic device;
• and
• provide commercial information regarding the selected features.

A computer program product for providing an augmented reality interface, comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium embodying computer-executable program instructions thereon that, when executed, cause a computing device to:

• preload a plurality of video snippets from the server based on a location of a location information of a portable electronic device, each of the plurality of video snippets being a smaller video file of a corresponding stored video;
• acquire a video of a real-world scene and metadata with a camera of a portable electronic device;
• overlay one or more of the plurality of video snippets corresponding to a location and a direction at which a corresponding video was originally captured based on the location information and an orientation information of the portable electronic device without manipulating the plurality of video snippets based on corner features of the video of the real-world scene;
• manipulate a retrieved video corresponding to an displayed video snippet based on matching corner feature information of the displayed video snippet generated and provided by a server and corner features of the video of the real-world scene, wherein the retrieved video is retrieved with metadata having selected features;
• and
• combine the manipulated video with a currently observed real-world scene viewed with the portable electronic device;
• and
• provide commercial information regarding the selected features.

A system for providing an augmented reality interface, comprising:

• means for preloading a plurality of video snippets from the server based on a location of a location information of a portable electronic device, each of the plurality of video snippets being a smaller video file of a corresponding stored video;
• means for acquiring a video of a real-world scene and metadata with a camera of a portable electronic device;
• means for overlaying one or more of the plurality of video snippets corresponding to a location and a direction at which a corresponding video was originally captured based on the location information and an orientation information of the portable electronic device without manipulating the plurality of video snippets based on corner features of the video of the real-world scene;
• means for manipulating a retrieved video corresponding to an displayed video snippet based on matching corner feature information of the displayed video snippet generated and provided by a server and corner features of the video of the real-world scene, wherein the retrieved video is retrieved with metadata having selected features;
• means for combining the manipulated video with a currently observed real-world scene viewed with the portable electronic device;
• and
• means for providing commercial information regarding the selected features.