SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCANNING A USER ENVIRONMENT AND EVALUATING DATA OF INTEREST
First Claim
1. A method for capturing and evaluating data of interest to a user, comprising:
- automatically scanning a user environment by a mobile device for one or more radio frequency (RF) tags;
identifying an RF tag within the user environment that satisfies one or more user preferences;
determining an action associated with the identified RF tag; and
performing the action by a computing device.
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Abstract
According to various embodiments, a mobile device continuously and/or automatically scans a user environment for tags containing non-human-readable data. The mobile device may continuously and/or automatically scan the environment for tags without being specifically directed at a particular tag. The mobile device may be adapted to scan for audio tags, radio frequency tags, and/or image tags. The mobile device may be configured to scan for and identify tags within the user environment that satisfy a user preference. The mobile device may perform an action in response to identifying a tag that satisfies a user preference. The mobile device may be configured to scan for a wide variety of tags, including tags in the form of quick response codes, steganographic content, audio watermarks, audio outside of a human audible range, radio frequency identification tags, long wavelength identification tags, near field communication tags, and/or a Memory Spot device.
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180 Claims
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1. A method for capturing and evaluating data of interest to a user, comprising:
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automatically scanning a user environment by a mobile device for one or more radio frequency (RF) tags; identifying an RF tag within the user environment that satisfies one or more user preferences; determining an action associated with the identified RF tag; and performing the action by a computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 20, 21, 22, 27, 29, 30, 32, 38, 39, 40, 77, 78, 79)
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90. A system for capturing and evaluating data of interest to a user, comprising:
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a mobile device to automatically scan a user environment for one or more radio frequency (RF) tags; an identification component to identify an RF tag within the user environment that satisfies one or more user preferences; and an action component to determine an action associated with the identified RF tag to be performed by a computing device. - View Dependent Claims (139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 157, 158, 161)
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180. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising program code for performing a method comprising:
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automatically scanning a user environment by a mobile device for one or more radio frequency (RF) tags; identifying an RF tag within the user environment that satisfies one or more user preferences; determining an action associated with the identified RF tag; and performing the action by a computing device.
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