Hyperkey access to network-based services
First Claim
1. A method for accessing a network service, comprising:
- capturing a representation of a symbol associated with the network service using a wireless terminal;
digitizing the captured representation of the symbol;
transferring the captured representation from the wireless terminal to a multimedia messaging service center as a multimedia message;
analyzing the captured representation to determine a network service address of the network service associated with the symbol; and
accessing the network service through the wireless terminal using the network service address.
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Abstract
A method, system, and device for providing access to network-based services by analyzing a symbol associated with a network service. A representation of a symbol associated with a network service is captured. For example, a graphic symbol associated with a network-connected business may be captured using a mobile telephone equipped with a camera. The symbol may depict a business logo or any other symbol associated with the network service. The representation of the symbol is analyzed by comparing the symbol to a library of ideal symbols. Each ideal symbol is associated with a network address of the network service. If the representation of the symbol matches an ideal symbol, the network address associated with the ideal symbol is used to access the network-based service.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for accessing a network service, comprising:
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capturing a representation of a symbol associated with the network service using a wireless terminal; digitizing the captured representation of the symbol; transferring the captured representation from the wireless terminal to a multimedia messaging service center as a multimedia message; analyzing the captured representation to determine a network service address of the network service associated with the symbol; and accessing the network service through the wireless terminal using the network service address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless terminal, comprising:
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a hypersymbol capturing system configured to capture representations of symbols respectively associated with network services and to digitize the captured representations; hypersymbol service initiating circuitry arranged to transfer the digitized representations from the wireless terminal to a multimedia messaging service center as multimedia messages for determination of network addresses of the network services respectively associated with the symbols; and mobile communications circuitry for providing mobile telephone and data communications and for accessing the network addresses of the network services associated with the symbols. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for accessing a network service, comprising:
- capturing a representation of a symbol associated with the network service;
digitizing the representation; transmitting the digitized representation of the symbol as a multimedia message to a multimedia messaging service center for analysis to determine a network service address corresponding to the network service; receiving the network service address corresponding to the network service determined from the analysis of the digitized representation from the multimedia messaging service center; and accessing the network service using the received network service address. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- capturing a representation of a symbol associated with the network service;
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24. A system, comprising
a mobile communications terminal configured to provide mobile telephone and data communications, the mobile terminal arranged to capture representations of symbols corresponding to network services and to digitize the captured representations; - and
a service center coupled to the mobile terminal and receiving from the mobile terminal multimedia messages including the digitized captured representations, the service center including a multimedia messaging center configured to transfer multimedia messages to and from the mobile terminal and a hypersymbol service center configured to analyze the digitized captured representations, determine the network service addresses corresponding to the network services associated with the symbols, and provide the mobile terminal with the addresses of the network services associated with the symbols. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for accessing a network service, comprising:
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capturing a representation of a symbol associated with a network service; digitizing the representation; transferring the representation to a multimedia messaging service center as a multimedia message; analyzing the representation of the symbol to determine a network service address of the network service associated with the symbol; and accessing the network service using the network service address. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system for accessing a network service, comprising:
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means for capturing a representation of a symbol associated with a network service using a wireless terminal; means for digitizing the captured representation of the symbol; means for transferring the captured representation from the wireless terminal to a multimedia messaging service center as a multimedia message; means for analyzing the captured representation to determine a network service address of the network service associated with the symbol; and means for accessing the network service through the wireless terminal using the network service address.
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39. A network service access system, comprising:
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means for capturing a digitized representation of a symbol associated with the network service; means for transmitting the digitized representation of the symbol to a multimedia messaging service center as a multimedia message for analysis to determine a network service address corresponding to the network service; means for receiving the network service address corresponding to the network service determined from the analysis of the digitized representation from the multimedia messaging service center; and means for accessing the network service using the received network service address.
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40. A system, comprising:
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means for capturing a representation of a symbol associated with a network service; means for digitizing the representation of the symbol; means for transferring the representation from the wireless terminal to a multimedia messaging service center as a multimedia message; means for analyzing the representation of the symbol to determine a network service address of the network service associated with the symbol; and means for accessing the network service using the network service address.
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41. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for accessing a network service, the computer-executable instructions performing a method comprising:
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capturing a representation of a symbol associated with the network service using a wireless terminal; digitizing the representation of the symbol; transferring the digitized representation from the wireless terminal to a multimedia messaging service center as a multimedia message; receiving a network service address corresponding to the network service determined from analysis of the digitized representation by the multimedia messaging service center; and accessing the network service through the wireless terminal using the network service address.
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