Electronic association of a user expression and a context of the expression
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving an annotation environment signal that includes a context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item;
receiving an expression signal that includes an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item; and
electronically associating the context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item and the annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item.
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Abstract
Embodiments include an apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes receiving an annotation environment signal that includes a context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item. The method also includes receiving an expression signal that includes an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item. The method further includes electronically associating the context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item and the annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item.
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receiving an annotation environment signal that includes a context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item;
receiving an expression signal that includes an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item; and
electronically associating the context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item and the annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 40, 41, 43)
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electronically associating a context information indicative of a recognizable item and an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable item; and
saving the electronically associated context information indicative of a recognizable item and annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable item. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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recognizing an aspect of an item in response to an annotation environment signal that includes a context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item;
recognizing a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item in response to an expression signal that includes an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item; and
electronically associating the recognized user expression and the recognizable aspect of the item.
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a context receptor module operable to receive an annotation environment signal that includes a context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item;
an annotation receptor module operable to receive an expression signal that includes an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item; and
an associator module operable to associate the context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item and the annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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(a) program instructions operable to perform a process that associates information in a computer system, the process comprising;
receiving an annotation environment signal that includes a context information indicative of a recognizable item;
receiving an expression signal that includes an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable item; and
associating the context information indicative of a recognizable item and the annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable item; and
(b) a computer-readable signal-bearing media bearing the program instructions. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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