Portable communication device and method of use

• US 8,204,793 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2010
• Issued: 06/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Wounder GmbH LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Barnes, Melvin L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Garg, Yogesh C
• Application Number:
  US12/775,980
• Publication Number:
  US 20100222090A1
• Time in Patent Office: 774 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26.1
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A portable communication device and method of use is provided. In one embodiment, the method of using a handheld mobile telephone includes capturing a plurality of images via an image input device; storing the plurality of images in a memory, receiving a first speech input, identifying command information in said first speech input; retrieving information from memory based, at least in part, on the command information. The method may further include generating a request related to an article of commerce that includes, at least in part, the information retrieved from memory, determining a destination for transmitting the request, and wirelessly transmitting said request through a mobile telephone network to the destination.

Claims

1. A method of using a wireless device comprising a communication component configured to communicate via a cellular network, an input device, a memory, and an image input device operatively coupled to the memory, the method comprising:

receiving one or more images via the image input device, wherein the one or more images include information relating to an article of commerce;

storing the one or more images in the memory; and

after said storing and in response to receiving a predetermined input via the input device, requesting transmission of the one or more images to a remote computer via the communication component and the cellular network, as at least part of a request including a request to purchase the article of commerce or a request for information related to the article of commerce, wherein the remote computer is configured to process a sale of the article of commerce based on the request to purchase the article of commerce or process the request for information related to the article of commerce.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the remote computer retrieves data of at least one website based on information in the one or more images.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more images include text content;

wherein the remote computer converts at least some of the text content to text; and

wherein the remote computer retrieves data of at least one website based on the text.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the request comprises a first request for information related to the article of commerce, the method further comprising:

transmitting a second request to the remote computer that comprises a request to purchase the article of commerce.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information relating to the article of commerce comprises data representing a website configured to provide information relating to the article of commerce.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said one or more images includes data representative of the remote computer.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the memory includes information for making a purchase stored therein, the method further comprising:

retrieving the information for making the purchase from the memory; and

wirelessly transmitting the information for making the purchase to the remote computer.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising retrieving destination information of the remote computer from the memory.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising with the remote computer:

receiving the request including the one or more images;

based on information contained in the one or more images, retrieving data supplied by a server connected to the Internet; and

transmitting at least a portion of the retrieved data to the wireless device.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising with the remote computer, selecting a portion of a web page supplied by the server as the data for said transmitting to the wireless device.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the input device comprises a keypad including one or more keys and receiving the predetermined input via the input device comprises receiving an indication that at least one of the keys on the keypad has been depressed.

12. A method of using a wireless device comprising a communication component configured to communicate via a cellular network, an input device, a memory, and an image input device operatively coupled to the memory, the method comprising:

receiving one or more images via the image input device, wherein the one or more images include information relating to an article of commerce;

storing the one or more images in the memory; and

after said storing and in response to receiving a predetermined input via the input device, requesting transmission of the one or more images to a remote computer via the communication component and the cellular network, as at least part of a request for information related to the article of commerce, wherein after receiving the request including the one or more images, the remote computer retrieves data that comprises at least a portion of a web page based on information contained in the one or more images and transmits to the wireless device via the cellular network a response including at least part of the retrieved data;

receiving the response at the wireless device; and

presenting the response with the wireless device.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the web page is supplied by a server that is connected to the Internet and is remote from the remote computer.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the one or more images include text content, and wherein the method further comprises:

converting at least some of the text content to text with the remote computer; and

wherein said retrieving data is based on the text.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the information relating to the article of commerce comprises data representing a website configured to provide information relating to the article of commerce.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein at least one of said one or more images includes data representative of the remote computer.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the memory includes information for making a purchase stored therein, the method further comprising:

retrieving said information for making the purchase from the memory of the wireless device; and

transmitting said information for making the purchase to the remote computer.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein the remote computer is configured to select a part of the web page as the data for inclusion in the response for said transmitting to the wireless device.

19. The method according to claim 12, wherein the input device comprises a keypad including one or more keys and receiving the predetermined input via the input device comprises receiving an indication that at least one of the keys on the keypad has been depressed.

20. A device, comprising:

a communication module configured to communicate via a cellular network;

an input device;

an image input device;

a memory; and

a processor in operative association with the communication module, the input device, the image input device, and the memory, the processor configured to;

cause the image input device to acquire one or more images that include information relating to an article of commerce;

store the one or more images in the memory; and

after storing the one or more images in the memory and in response to receiving a predetermined input via the input device, request transmission of the one or more images to a remote computer via the communication module, as at least part of a request including a request to purchase the article of commerce or a request for information related to the article of commerce, wherein the remote computer is configured to process a sale of the article of commerce based on the request to purchase the article of commerce or process the request for information related to the article of commerce.

21. The device according to claim 20, wherein the input device comprises a keypad including one or more keys, and receiving the predetermined input via the input device comprises receiving an indication that at least one of the keys on the keypad has been depressed.

22. The device according to claim 20, wherein the remote computer retrieves data of at least one website based on information in the one or more images.

23. The device according to claim 20, wherein the one or more images include text content;

wherein the remote computer converts at least some of the text content to text; and

wherein the remote computer retrieves data of at least one website based on the text.

24. The device according to claim 20, wherein the memory includes information for making a purchase stored therein, and the processor is further configured to:

retrieve the information for making the purchase from the memory; and

cause the information for making the purchase to be wirelessly transmitted to the remote computer.

25. The device according to claim 20, wherein the processor is further configured to:

retrieve destination information of the remote computer from the memory.

26. The device according to claim 20, wherein the remote computer is configured to:

receive the request including the one or more images, based on information contained in the one or more images;

retrieve data supplied by a server connected to the Internet; and

transmit at least a portion of the retrieved data to the device.

27. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:

instructions for causing an image input device of a wireless device to acquire one or more images that include information relating to an article of commerce;

instructions for storing the one or more images in a memory operatively coupled to the image input device; and

instructions for, after storing the one or more images in the memory and in response to receiving a predetermined input via an input device, requesting transmission of the one or more images to a remote computer via a communication module of the wireless device, as at least part of a request including a request to purchase the article of commerce or a request for information related to the article of commerce, wherein the remote computer is configured to process a sale of the article of commerce based on the request to purchase the article of commerce or process the request for information related to the article of commerce.