WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE THEREWITH
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Abstract
An image of at least one object (14) is captured. An object class selection is received from a menu (70) of a plurality of object classes. At least one task menu specific to the object class selection is provided. A task selection is received from the at least one task menu. A task associated with the at least one object (14) is facilitated based on the image and the task selection.
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82 Claims
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33. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a wireless transceiver for placing and receiving telephone calls and for communicating with an internet; a digital camera for capturing a digital image of a scene in response to an action of a user, wherein the scene includes a poster; a display device, coupled to the digital camera, for displaying the digital image of the scene; a user input interface for receiving a selection of a task from a task menu, wherein the task is associated with an event; and a processor, coupled to the digital camera, the display device, the wireless transceiver and the user input interface, for facilitating the task based on a recognition of the poster and not based on the recognition of an optical code contained in the poster, wherein facilitating the task includes; retrieving event information associated with the poster, the event information including scheduling information relating to the event; and facilitating the display of the event information on the display device; wherein the event is a movie. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a wireless transceiver for placing and receiving telephone calls and for communicating with an internet; a digital camera for capturing a digital image of a scene in response to an action of a user, wherein the scene includes a sign; a display device, coupled to the digital camera, for displaying the digital image of the scene; a user input interface for receiving a selection of a task from a task menu, wherein the task is associated with an event; and a processor, coupled to the digital camera, the display device, the wireless transceiver and the user input interface, for facilitating the task based on a recognition of the sign and not based on the recognition of an optical code contained in the sign, wherein facilitating the task includes; retrieving event information associated with the sign, the event information including scheduling information relating to an event; and facilitating the display of the event information on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a wireless transceiver for placing and receiving telephone calls and for communicating with an internet; a digital camera for capturing a digital image of a scene in response to an action of a user, wherein the scene includes a sign; a display device, coupled to the digital camera, for displaying the digital image of the scene; a user input interface for receiving a selection of a task from a task menu, wherein the task is associated with a location; and a processor, coupled to the digital camera, the display device, the wireless transceiver and the user input interface, for facilitating the task based on a recognition of the sign and not based on the recognition of an optical code contained in the sign, wherein facilitating the task includes; retrieving location information relating to the sign; and displaying the location information on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A method comprising:
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displaying a digital image of a scene on a display device of a handheld cellular telephone in response to an action of a user, wherein the scene includes a poster relating to an event; capturing the digital image of the scene; recognizing the poster in the digital image of the scene, based on visually recognizing the poster and not based on the recognition of an optical code contained in the poster; retrieving event information associated with the event, wherein the event is a movie; and displaying the event information on the handheld cellular telephone. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A method comprising:
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displaying a digital image of a scene on a display device of a handheld cellular telephone in response to an action of a user, wherein the scene includes a sign relating to an event; capturing the digital image of the scene; recognizing the sign in the digital image of the scene, based on visually recognizing the sign and not based on the recognition of an optical code contained in the sign; retrieving event information associated with the sign; and displaying the event information on the handheld cellular telephone. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A method comprising:
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displaying a digital image of a scene on a display device of a handheld cellular telephone in response to an action of a user, wherein the scene includes a sign; capturing the digital image of the scene; recognizing the sign in the digital image of the scene, based on visually recognizing the sign and not based on the recognition of an optical code contained in the sign; retrieving location information associated with a location indicated by the sign; and displaying the location information on the handheld cellular telephone. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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Specification