SCHEMES FOR RETRIEVING AND ASSOCIATING CONTENT ITEMS WITH REAL-WORLD OBJECTS USING AUGMENTED REALITY AND OBJECT RECOGNITION
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1. A method comprising:
- identifying a real-world object in a scene viewed by a camera of a user device;
matching the real-world object with a tagged object based at least in part on image recognition and a sharing setting of the tagged object, the tagged object having been tagged with a content item;
providing a notification to a user of the user device that the content item is associated with the real-world object;
receiving a request from the user for the content item; and
providing the content item to the user.
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Abstract
A method includes identifying a real-world object in a scene viewed by a camera of a user device, matching the real-world object with a tagged object based at least in part on image recognition and a sharing setting of the tagged object, the tagged object having been tagged with a content item, providing a notification to a user of the user device that the content item is associated with the real-world object, receiving a request from the user for the content item, and providing the content item to the user. A computer readable storage medium stores one or more computer programs, and an apparatus includes a processor-based device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying a real-world object in a scene viewed by a camera of a user device; matching the real-world object with a tagged object based at least in part on image recognition and a sharing setting of the tagged object, the tagged object having been tagged with a content item; providing a notification to a user of the user device that the content item is associated with the real-world object; receiving a request from the user for the content item; and providing the content item to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor-based device; and a non-transitory storage medium storing a set of computer readable instructions configured to cause the processor-based device to perform steps comprising; identifying a real-world object in a scene viewed by a camera of a user device; matching the real-world object with a tagged object based at least in part on image recognition and a sharing setting of the tagged object, the tagged object having been tagged with a content item; providing a notification to a user of the user device that the content item is associated with the real-world object; receiving a request from the user for the content item; and providing the content item to the user. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving a selection of a real-world object as viewed by a camera of a first user device from a user; receiving a content item to tag to the real-world object; capturing one or more images of the real-world object with the camera; receiving a sharing setting from the user, wherein the sharing setting comprises whether the real-world object will be matched only with an image of the real-world object or with an image of any object sharing one or more common attributes with the real-world object; and storing the content item, the one or more images of the real-world object, and the sharing setting on a server, wherein the content item is configured to be retrieved by a second user device viewing an object matching the real-world object. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor-based device; and a non-transitory storage medium storing a set of computer readable instructions configured to cause the processor-based device to perform steps comprising; receiving a selection of a real-world object as viewed by a camera of a first user device from a user; receiving a content item to tag to the real-world object; capturing one or more images of the real-world object with the camera; receiving a sharing setting from the user, wherein the sharing setting comprises whether the real-world object will be matched only with an image of the real-world object or with an image of any object sharing one or more common attributes with the real-world object; and storing the content item, the one or more images of the real-world object, and the sharing setting on a server, wherein the content item is configured to be retrieved by a second user device viewing an object matching the real-world object. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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