Searching by use of machine-readable code content
First Claim
1. A method of computerized search where data related to human-understandable information is encoded into a machine-readable code and that machine-readable code is available for imaging comprisingimaging that machine-readable code,decoding that imaged machine-readable code whereby the data related to human understandable information is made available,deriving human-understandable information from such data,selecting at least some of that derived human understandable information as inputs for a computerized search, andperforming a computerized search using as input at least some of the selected human understandable information.
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Abstract
A method of searching the Internet or onboard database or other source through devices that contain or are coupled to cameras or other imaging devices, the method including extracting search terms from the human-understandable content encoded in a machine-readable code and displayed to the recipient on the device following the imaging of that code by the device'"'"'s imager. The method of search utilizes a method of navigation and input that produces a location indicator on the device display that corresponds to the location of an image of a machine-readable code in the sensor of the device'"'"'s imager.
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47 Claims
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1. A method of computerized search where data related to human-understandable information is encoded into a machine-readable code and that machine-readable code is available for imaging comprising
imaging that machine-readable code, decoding that imaged machine-readable code whereby the data related to human understandable information is made available, deriving human-understandable information from such data, selecting at least some of that derived human understandable information as inputs for a computerized search, and performing a computerized search using as input at least some of the selected human understandable information.
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26. A method of presenting physical navigation data points for capture by a computerized device comprising:
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determining for at least one location at least one data point corresponding to that location, encoding that at least one data point into a machine-readable code, and presenting that machine-readable code, whereby such at least one data point is available for capture by a computerized device at least in part for purposes of physical navigation. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of navigation and input comprising:
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imaging a mark whereby at least part of that mark registers in an imaging sensor, determining at least part of the location of that image of the at least part of the mark in the imaging sensor, and using that location information at least in part for at least one of navigation and input in a computerized application capable of using at least one of navigation and input. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method of computerized ordering where human-understandable information is encoded into a machine-readable code and that machine-readable code is available for imaging comprising
imaging that machine-readable code, decoding that imaged machine-readable code whereby the human understandable information is made available and whereby at least one item of commerce is available for ordering by selecting visible information corresponding to an indication of a desire to order, selecting at least one item of commerce for ordering by selecting that visible information corresponding to an indication of a desire to order, and transmitting that selection by a computerized device together with sufficient information to identify the person so ordering whereby the order is placed.
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