COLLECTION AND USE OF MONITORED DATA

• US 20130129217A1
• Filed: 11/21/2011
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Gupta, Nisheeth
• Granted Patent: US 8,861,860 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/182
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2218/08 Feature extraction
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/62 Text, e.g. of license plates, overlay texts or captions on TV images

Abstract

A device is configured to capture an image of a monitoring device display, perform optical character recognition to identify alphanumeric data in the image, apply a device profile to map each identified alphanumeric datum to a parameter associated with the monitoring device; and store each datum along with its associated parameter.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

capturing an image of a monitoring device display;

performing optical character recognition to identify alphanumeric data in the image;

applying a device profile to map each identified alphanumeric datum to a parameter associated with the monitoring device; and

storing each datum along with its associated parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data and the parameters are stored in a device used to capture the image.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the data and the parameters via a network, wherein the data and the parameters are stored in a remote data store.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating the device profile by accepting user input to associate each datum with one of the device parameters.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising saving the device profile in at least one of a device used to capture the image and a remote device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining the device profile from a remote server.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising publishing at least some of the data and parameters to one or more social media outlets.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions, including instructions for:

capturing an image of a monitoring device display;

performing optical character recognition to identify alphanumeric data in the image;

applying a device profile to map each identified alphanumeric datum to a parameter associated with the monitoring device; and

storing each datum along with its associated parameter.

9. The medium of claim 8, wherein the data and the parameters are stored in a device used to capture the image.

10. The medium of claim 8, the instructions further comprising instructions for transmitting the data and the parameters via a network, wherein the data and the parameters are stored in a remote data store.

11. The medium of claim 8, the instructions further comprising instructions for creating the device profile by accepting user input to associate each datum with one of the device parameters.

12. The medium of claim 11, the instructions further comprising instructions for saving the device profile in at least one of a device used to capture the image and a remote device.

13. The medium of claim 8, the instructions further comprising instructions for obtaining the device profile from a remote server.

14. The medium of claim 8, the instructions further comprising instructions for publishing at least some of the data and parameters to one or more social media outlets.

15. A system, comprising:

a device including a processor, a memory, and a camera, the device configured to;

capture an image of a monitoring device display;

perform optical character recognition to identify alphanumeric data in the image;

apply a device profile to map each identified alphanumeric datum to a parameter associated with the monitoring device; and

store each datum along with its associated parameter.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the data and the parameters are stored in a device used to capture the image.

17. The system of claim 15, the device further configured to transmit the data and the parameters via a network, wherein the data and the parameters are stored in a remote data store.

18. The system of claim 15, the device further configured to create the device profile by accepting user input to associate each datum with one of the device parameters.

19. The system of claim 15, the device further configured to save the device profile in at least one of a device used to capture the image and a remote device.

20. The system of claim 15, the device further configured to obtain the device profile from a remote server.

21. The system of claim 15, the device further configured to publish at least some of the data and parameters to one or more social media outlets.