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US 9,808,376 B2Granted
Image capture and identification system and process
AssigneeNant Holdings IP, LLC
InventorsWayne C. Boncyck, Ronald H. Cohen
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Abstract
An object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database based on a digital representation of a scene containing the object. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to present an item to a user, who may obtain the item via a transaction.
Claims24
A method for executing a transaction via a mobile device, comprising:
- associating a real-world object with (a) an image of the real-world object in a database including image characteristics of the real-world object and (b) an information address;
- receiving, by a server and from a mobile device, a digital representation of a scene, the digital representation of the scene comprising location data;
- deriving characteristics from the digital representation;
- recognizing, by the server, the real-world object based on the derived characteristics;
- presenting, to the mobile device, an item for selection based on the information address;
- receiving, by the mobile device, an interaction by a user with a multimedia content;
- and
- executing a transaction to obtain the item based on the user interaction.
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A system for executing a transaction via a mobile device, comprising:
- a mobile device programmed to execute a multimedia content;
- and
- at least one server communicatively coupled with the mobile device, the at least one server programmed to:
- associate a real-world object with (a) an image of the real-world object in a database including image characteristics of the real-world object and (b) an information address;
- receive, from a mobile device, a digital representation of a scene, the digital representation of the scene comprising location data;
- derive characteristics from the digital representation;
- recognize the real-world object based on the derived characteristics;
- present an item for selection to the mobile device based on the information address;
- receive, from the mobile device, an instruction associated with interaction by a user with a multimedia content;
- and
- execute a transaction to grant access to the item based on the user interaction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.