IMAGE CAPTURE FOR PURCHASES
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Abstract
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a computer-implemented item identification method that includes identifying an item in an image received from a remote electronic device; transmitting search results containing information about the item for one or more vendors of the item; and transmitting to the remote device code for executing an order for the item from the one or more vendors of the item.
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40 Claims
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21. A method performed by one or more computing devices, comprising:
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receiving an image over a computer network, the image comprising an object and having feature points that distinguish the object; obtaining feature points from the received image; comparing obtained feature points from the received image to feature points of images stored in an image library comprised of images having previously-obtained feature points, wherein images stored in the library have metadata tags that identify at least one aspect of the images; identifying, based on the comparing, an image from the image library that is a candidate for matching the object, the candidate having at least some feature points in common with the received image; associating metadata tags from the candidate image with the object; using the metadata tags to conduct an online search for information relevant to the object; outputting at least some of the information for use in generating a graphical display on a computing device; receiving a response to the graphical display; and performing an action in reply to the response. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media storing instructions that are executable by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:
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identifying an object in an image received via a computer network, the object being identified by comparing display elements of the received image to display elements of other images that are part of an image library; extracting descriptive tags from an image in the image library having display elements that correspond, at least in part, to the display elements of the received image; performing a search of online sites for objects having at least one feature in common with the object in the received image, the search being performed using the extracted descriptive tags; and outputting results of the search for display on a computing device, the results comprising objects having at least one feature in common with the object in the received image. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system comprising:
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a feature point generator to identify feature points in an image received via a computer network, the received image comprising an object distinguished by the feature points, the feature points corresponding to at least one of text in the image relating to the object and a variation between a feature of the object and features bounding the object; an image comparator to compare feature points of the received image to feature points of other images that are part of an image library, and to identify a candidate image in the image library having at least some feature points that correspond to feature points of the received image, the candidate image having descriptive tags stored in association therewith in the image library; and a search engine to (i) to perform an online search using at least some of the descriptive tags for objects having at least one feature in common with the object in the received image, the at least one feature being defined by the at least some of the descriptive tags, and (ii) to output results of the online search for display on a computing device, the results comprising one or more objects having at least one feature in common with the object in the received image; wherein the feature point generator, image comparator, and the search engine are executable on one or more processing devices. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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Specification