System and method for sharing needs and information using physical entities
First Claim
1. A system for sharing information needs that recognizes at least one physical entity and allows multiple sers to share at least one needs descriptions determined by said physical entity comprising:
- an identification information obtaining procedure that obtains sufficient information for recognizing and identifying a physical entity;
a needs association procedure that associates at least one needs description with identification information of a physical entity;
an information association procedure that associates at least one information description with a needs description;
a needs display procedure that displays at least one needs description associated with a physical entity; and
an information display procedure that displays at least one information description associated with a needs description.
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Abstract
A system and method that allows for attaching users'"'"' needs descriptions to physical entities including physical objects and physical spaces, sharing the attached needs descriptions, and obtaining needed information easily according to users'"'"' situations. The system and method are provided for enabling sharing of needs objects using physical entities where the needs objects contain needs descriptions, to make it possible to easily create needs descriptions and information descriptions by utilizing existing needs descriptions and information descriptions, for notifying users of all or part of a created needs description or a created information description, and for gathering information descriptions related to needs descriptions by either gathering automatically from information sources on the network of by sending the needs objects to other users.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for sharing information needs that recognizes at least one physical entity and allows multiple sers to share at least one needs descriptions determined by said physical entity comprising:
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an identification information obtaining procedure that obtains sufficient information for recognizing and identifying a physical entity;
a needs association procedure that associates at least one needs description with identification information of a physical entity;
an information association procedure that associates at least one information description with a needs description;
a needs display procedure that displays at least one needs description associated with a physical entity; and
an information display procedure that displays at least one information description associated with a needs description. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method that allows multiple users to share information needs using physical entities comprising:
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presenting to a mobile device or a computer a physical entity with which at least one needs description is associated;
recognizing said presented physical entity and obtaining sufficient information for identifying the physical entity;
creating at least one needs description and associating the needs description with the identification information of said physical entity;
creating at least one information description and associating the information description with at least one needs description that is associated with the identification information of said physical entity;
displaying at least one needs description associated with the identification information of said physical entity; and
displaying at least one information description associated with at least one needs description that is associated with the identification information of said physical entity. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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