METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR EXTRACTING DATA FROM A VISUAL IMAGE
First Claim
1. A method for extracting data from a visual image, the method including:
- capturing a visual image, or a sequence of visual images, that includes an advertisement for at least one of a product, a service, or an event;
scanning the captured visual image or the captured sequence of visual images by an optical character recognition application to detect at least one key word;
providing the at least one key word to an input/output (I/O) device so as to enable one or more key words of the at least one key word to be confirmed, deleted, or edited, wherein the at least one key word includes a key word identifying an electronic destination accessible over a network and corresponding to a source for the advertisement;
electronically transmitting at least one key word that has been confirmed or edited by the I/O device over the network to the electronic destination corresponding to the source; and
receiving digitized data from the source, the digitized data comprising at least one of digitized event data, digitized product data, or digitized service data.
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Abstract
Capturing a visual image, or a sequence of visual images, that includes an advertisement for a product, a service, or an event. The captured visual image is scanned by an optical character recognition application to detect key words. The key words are provided to an input/output (I/O) device to enable one or more of the key words to be confirmed, deleted, or edited. The key words include a key word identifying an electronic destination accessible over a network and corresponding to a source for the advertisement. At least one key word that has been confirmed or edited by the I/O device is transmitted over the network to the electronic destination corresponding to the source. Digitized data is received from the source, the digitized data comprising at least one of digitized event data, digitized product data, or digitized service data. The received digitized data are stored in an advertisement database.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for extracting data from a visual image, the method including:
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capturing a visual image, or a sequence of visual images, that includes an advertisement for at least one of a product, a service, or an event; scanning the captured visual image or the captured sequence of visual images by an optical character recognition application to detect at least one key word; providing the at least one key word to an input/output (I/O) device so as to enable one or more key words of the at least one key word to be confirmed, deleted, or edited, wherein the at least one key word includes a key word identifying an electronic destination accessible over a network and corresponding to a source for the advertisement; electronically transmitting at least one key word that has been confirmed or edited by the I/O device over the network to the electronic destination corresponding to the source; and receiving digitized data from the source, the digitized data comprising at least one of digitized event data, digitized product data, or digitized service data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product for extracting data from a visual image, the computer program product including a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for facilitating a method comprising:
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capturing a visual image, or a sequence of visual images, that includes an advertisement for at least one of a product, a service, or an event; scanning the captured visual image or the captured sequence of visual images by an optical character recognition application to detect at least one key word; providing the at least one key word to an input/output (I/O) device so as to enable one or more key words of the at least one key word to be confirmed, deleted, or edited, wherein the at least one key word includes a key word identifying an electronic destination accessible over a network and corresponding to a source for the advertisement; electronically transmitting at least one key word that has been confirmed or edited by the I/O device over the network to the electronic destination corresponding to the source; and receiving digitized data from the source, the digitized data comprising at least one of digitized event data, digitized product data, or digitized service data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for extracting data from a visual image, the system comprising:
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an image capture mechanism for capturing a visual image, or a sequence of visual images, that includes an advertisement for at least one of a product, a service, or an event; an optical character recognition mechanism, operatively coupled to the image capture mechanism, for scanning the captured visual image or the captured sequence of visual images to detect at least one key word; an I/O device, operatively coupled to the optical character recognition mechanism, wherein the optical character recognition mechanism provides the at least one key word to the I/O device so as to enable one or more key words of the at least one key word to be confirmed, deleted, or edited; and
wherein the at least one key word includes a key word identifying an electronic destination accessible over a network and corresponding to a source for the advertisement; anda processing mechanism operatively coupled to a network and to the I/O device, wherein, after the at least one key word is confirmed, deleted, or edited, the processing mechanism electronically transmits over the network at least one key word that has been confirmed or edited by the I/O device to the electronic destination corresponding to the source;
the processing mechanism receiving digitized data from the source, the digitized data comprising at least one of digitized event data, digitized product data, or digitized service data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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