Context-aware caching

A method of identifying elements, comprising:

• determining at least one aspect of a user of a computing device;
• selecting a plurality of digital entities related to the at least one aspect of the user of the computing device;
• obtaining matching information for the plurality of digital entities, the matching information enabling the digital entities to be matched with sensor data captured by at least one sensor of the computing device of the user using one of a plurality of associated matching algorithms;
• aggregating at least a portion of the plurality of digital entities and matching information into a corpus;
• and
• providing the computing device with the corpus and any of the plurality of associated matching algorithms not stored on the computing device,
• wherein the computing device is able to match an element captured in sensor data to one of the plurality of digital entities using the matching information of the corpus and associated matching algorithms;
• wherein the computing device is operable to perform element matching offline for at least one of resource conservation or power reduction, and
• wherein the computing device is able to submit an identify request for an element not matching one of the provided plurality of digital entities or for additional digital entities.

A system for identifying elements, comprising:

• a device processor;
• and
• memory including instructions that, when executed by the device processor, cause the system to:
• determine at least one aspect of a user of a computing device;
• select a plurality of digital entities related to the at least one aspect of the user of the computing device;
• obtain matching information for each of the plurality of digital entities, the matching information enabling the digital entities to be matched with sensor data captured by at least one sensor of the computing device of the user using one of a plurality of associated matching algorithms;
• aggregate the plurality of digital entities and matching information into a corpus;
• and
• provide the computing device with the corpus and any of the plurality of associated matching algorithms not stored on the computing device,
• wherein the computing device is able to match an element captured in sensor data to one of the plurality of digital entities using the matching information of the corpus and associated matching algorithms, and
• wherein the computing device is operable to perform element matching offline for at least one of resource conservation or power reduction.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions for identifying elements, the instructions when executed by a processor of a computing device causing the computing device to:

• receive, from a user, an identify request including data captured using one or more sensors of a computing device, the data capable of including multiple types of data;
• determine at least one aspect of the user;
• locate a digital entity associated with an element contained in the data and associated with the at least one aspect of the user, the digital entity being associated with the element using element matching information and an element matching algorithm;
• and
• provide the digital entity, element matching information, and element matching algorithm to the computing device in response to the identify request,
• wherein a subsequent attempt to identify the element in captured data is able to be performed on the computing device using the element matching information and the element matching algorithm, and
• wherein the computing device is operable to perform element matching offline for at least one of resource conservation or power reduction.