Object Information Derived from Object Images
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1. A method for enabling a user of a mobile device to use non-visual information, the method comprising:
- capturing non-visual information related to a media object via the mobile device;
deriving a search term associated with the media object by analyzing the non-visual information;
submitting the search term to a search engine that uses the search term and produces a result set;
receiving at least a portion of the result set comprising an information address via the mobile device; and
enabling the mobile device to use the information address to interact with a content server.
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Abstract
Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image.
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40 Claims
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1. A method for enabling a user of a mobile device to use non-visual information, the method comprising:
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capturing non-visual information related to a media object via the mobile device; deriving a search term associated with the media object by analyzing the non-visual information; submitting the search term to a search engine that uses the search term and produces a result set; receiving at least a portion of the result set comprising an information address via the mobile device; and enabling the mobile device to use the information address to interact with a content server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18)
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14. A system for using non-visual information for interactions, the system comprising:
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an identification server communicatively coupled with a mobile device, a search engine and a database storing representations of a plurality of known objects; wherein the mobile device is configured to capture non-visual information related to a media object; wherein at least one of the identification server and the mobile device is configured to derive a search term associated with the media object by analyzing the non-visual information; wherein the search term is submitted to the search engine that compares the search term to representations of the plurality of known objects stored in the database to produce a result set; and wherein the mobile device is configured to receive at least a portion of the result set and interact with a content server associated with the result set. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for using non-visual information for interactions, the system comprising:
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an identification server communicatively coupled with a mobile device, a search engine and a database storing representations of a plurality of known objects; wherein the mobile device is configured to capture non-visual information related to a media object; wherein at least one of the identification server and the mobile device is configured to derive a search term associated with the media object by analyzing the non-visual information and at least one of position information or location information; wherein the search term derived from the non-visual information and at least one of position information or location information is submitted to the search engine that compares the search term to representations of the plurality of known objects stored in the database to produce a result set; and wherein the mobile device is configured to receive at least a portion of the result set and interact with a content server associated with the result set.
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27. A system for using non-visual information for interactions, the system comprising:
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an identification server communicatively coupled with a mobile device, a search engine and a database storing representations of a plurality of known objects; wherein the mobile device is configured to capture non-visual information related to a media object; wherein at least one of the identification server and the mobile device is configured to derive a search term associated with the media object by analyzing the non-visual information and position information; wherein the search term derived from the non-visual information and position information is submitted to the search engine that compares the search term to representations of the plurality of known objects stored in the database to produce a result set; and wherein the mobile device is configured to receive at least a portion of the result set and interact with a content server associated with the result set, wherein the result set is related to a time.
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28. A system for using non-visual information for interactions, the system comprising:
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an identification server communicatively coupled with a mobile device, a search engine and a database storing representations of a plurality of known objects; wherein the mobile device is configured to capture non-visual information related to a media object; wherein at least one of the identification server and the mobile device is configured to derive a search term associated with the media object by analyzing the non-visual information; wherein the search term is submitted to the search engine that compares the search term to representations of the plurality of known objects stored in the database to produce a result set; and wherein the mobile device is configured to receive at least a portion of the result set and interact with a content server associated with the result set, wherein the portion of the result set is related to a time.
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29. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing software instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to execute the steps of:
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obtaining a search term derived by at least one of an identification server and a mobile device based on non-visual information related to a media object captured by the mobile device; comparing the search term to representations of a plurality of known objects stored in a database and produce a result set; and transmitting at least a portion of the result set to the mobile device and configuring the mobile device to interact with a content server associated with the result set. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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