Product information retrieval on an A/V telecommunication device

• US 20060028538A1
• Filed: 08/01/2005
• Published: 02/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pulitzer J. Hutton
• Original Assignee: Pulitzer J. Hutton
• Inventors: Pulitzer, J. Hutton
• Application Number:
  US11/194,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20060028538A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
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Abstract

A method of requesting product information in an A/V telecommunication system having an A/V telecommunication device with a network connection, a telecommunications processor connected to the network connection and a video processor connected to the network connection, may be performed by recognizing input as a product information request and sending a product information request to a server. The A/V telecommunication device receives A/V media content in response to said product information request.

Claims

1. A method of requesting product information in an A/V telecommunication system having an A/V telecommunication device with a network connection, a telecommunications processor connected to the network connection and a video processor connected to the network connection, said method comprising the steps of:

recognizing input as a product information request;

sending a product information request to a server;

receiving A/V media content in response to said product information request.