METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTENT PROCESSING
First Claim
1. A method employing a portable apparatus, comprising the acts:
- responsive to user action indicating desire to interact with a first device, initiating a first interaction session between the portable apparatus and the first device, using a first user interface presented on a display of the portable apparatus that corresponds to the first device, said interaction session enabling data exchange back and forth between the portable apparatus and a transceiver portion of the first device, to control an operation of the first device;
responsive to user action indicating desire to interact with a second device, initiating a second interaction session between the portable apparatus and the second device, using a second user interface presented on a display of the portable apparatus that corresponds to the second device, said interaction session enabling data exchange back and forth between the portable apparatus and a transceiver portion of the second device, to control an operation of the second device;
presenting, on the display of the portable apparatus, a menu identifying pending interaction sessions, including said first interaction session and said second interaction session, from which the user can select to recall a corresponding user interface, allowing the user to continue an earlier interaction session with a particular device;
wherein said acts of initiating the interaction sessions employ a hardware processor in the portable apparatus.
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Abstract
Mobile phones and other portable devices are equipped with a variety of technologies by which existing functionality can be improved, and new functionality can be provided. Some aspects relate to visual search capabilities, and determining appropriate actions responsive to different image inputs. Others relate to processing of image data. Still others concern metadata generation, processing, and representation. Yet others concern user interface improvements. Other aspects relate to imaging architectures, in which a mobile phone'"'"'s image sensor is one in a chain of stages that successively act on packetized instructions/data, to capture and later process imagery. Still other aspects relate to distribution of processing tasks between the mobile device and remote resources (“the cloud”). Elemental image processing (e.g., simple filtering and edge detection) can be performed on the mobile phone, while other operations can be referred out to remote service providers. The remote service providers can be selected using techniques such as reverse auctions, through which they compete for processing tasks. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
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55 Claims
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1. A method employing a portable apparatus, comprising the acts:
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responsive to user action indicating desire to interact with a first device, initiating a first interaction session between the portable apparatus and the first device, using a first user interface presented on a display of the portable apparatus that corresponds to the first device, said interaction session enabling data exchange back and forth between the portable apparatus and a transceiver portion of the first device, to control an operation of the first device; responsive to user action indicating desire to interact with a second device, initiating a second interaction session between the portable apparatus and the second device, using a second user interface presented on a display of the portable apparatus that corresponds to the second device, said interaction session enabling data exchange back and forth between the portable apparatus and a transceiver portion of the second device, to control an operation of the second device; presenting, on the display of the portable apparatus, a menu identifying pending interaction sessions, including said first interaction session and said second interaction session, from which the user can select to recall a corresponding user interface, allowing the user to continue an earlier interaction session with a particular device; wherein said acts of initiating the interaction sessions employ a hardware processor in the portable apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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- 6. A cell phone including a processor, a wireless interface, a memory, a sensor, and a display, instructions in the memory configuring the phone to present a user interface that allows a user to select between several other device-specific user interfaces stored in memory, for enabling use of the mobile phone to both send information to, and receive information from, data transceiver portions of each of plural different physical devices, to enable control of said physical devices based on information sent from the cell phone, wherein at least one of said user interfaces provides plural graphical controls corresponding to plural physical controls accessible to the user from the exterior of one of said devices.
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7. (canceled)
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