Systems and methods for scanning a user environment and evaluating data of interest
First Claim
1. A method for capturing and evaluating data of interest to a user, comprising:
- automatically scanning a user environment by a mobile device for tags containing non-human-readable data, wherein at least some of the tags specify one or more actions to be performed by a computing device;
identifying at least one tag within the user environment that satisfies one or more user-defined criteria;
determining, via the computing device, which of the one or more actions associated with the identified tag is to be performed based on the identified tag; and
performing, via the computing device, the one or more actions specified by the at least one identified tag that satisfies the one or more user-defined criteria.
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Abstract
According to various embodiments, a mobile device continuously and/or automatically scans a user environment for tags containing non-human-readable data. The mobile device may continuously and/or automatically scan the environment for tags without being specifically directed at a particular tag. The mobile device may be adapted to scan for audio tags, radio frequency tags, and/or image tags. The mobile device may be configured to scan for and identify tags within the user environment that satisfy a user preference. The mobile device may perform an action in response to identifying a tag that satisfies a user preference. The mobile device may be configured to scan for a wide variety of tags, including tags in the form of quick response codes, steganographic content, audio watermarks, audio outside of a human audible range, radio frequency identification tags, long wavelength identification tags, near field communication tags, and/or a Memory Spot device.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for capturing and evaluating data of interest to a user, comprising:
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automatically scanning a user environment by a mobile device for tags containing non-human-readable data, wherein at least some of the tags specify one or more actions to be performed by a computing device; identifying at least one tag within the user environment that satisfies one or more user-defined criteria; determining, via the computing device, which of the one or more actions associated with the identified tag is to be performed based on the identified tag; and performing, via the computing device, the one or more actions specified by the at least one identified tag that satisfies the one or more user-defined criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for capturing and evaluating data of interest to a user, comprising:
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a mobile device to automatically scan a physical user environment for one or more tags containing non-human-readable data, wherein at least some of the tags specify one or more actions to be performed by a computing device; an identification component to identify a tag within a physical user environment that satisfies one or more user-defined criteria; and an action component to determine which of one or more actions associated with the identified tag is to be performed by the computing device based the identified tag. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising program code that, when executed, causes a system to perform operations comprising:
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automatically scanning a user environment by a mobile device for tags containing non-human-readable data, wherein at least some of the tags specify one or more actions to be performed by a computing device; identifying at least one tag within the user environment that satisfies one or more user-defined criteria; determining, via the computing device, which of the one or more actions associated with the identified tag is to be performed based on the identified tag; and performing, via the computing device, the action specified by the at least one identified tag that satisfies the one or more user-defined criteria. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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