Systems and methods for scanning a user environment and evaluating data of interest
First Claim
1. A method for capturing and evaluating data of interest to a user, comprising:
- automatically scanning a user environment by a mobile imaging device for one or more tags containing non-human-readable data without the mobile imaging device being specifically directed at a particular tag owned by an owner;
identifying a tag, via the mobile imagining device, within the user environment that satisfies one or more user preferences;
identifying, via the mobile imaging device, a third party associated with one of the identified tag, the user, and the owner;
determining, via the mobile imaging device, an action associated with the identified tag;
performing the action by a computing device associated with the mobile imaging device; and
transmitting information to the third party related to the user that notifies the third party that the identified tag satisfied the one or more user preferences of the user.
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Abstract
According to various embodiments, a mobile device continuously and/or automatically scans a user environment for tags containing non-human-readable data. The mobile device may continuously and/or automatically scan the environment for tags without being specifically directed at a particular tag. The mobile device may be adapted to scan for audio tags, radio frequency tags, and/or image tags. The mobile device may be configured to scan for and identify tags within the user environment that satisfy a user preference. The mobile device may perform an action in response to identifying a tag that satisfies a user preference. The mobile device may be configured to scan for a wide variety of tags, including tags in the form of quick response codes, steganographic content, audio watermarks, audio outside of a human audible range, radio frequency identification tags, long wavelength identification tags, near field communication tags, and/or a Memory Spot device.
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37 Claims
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1. A method for capturing and evaluating data of interest to a user, comprising:
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automatically scanning a user environment by a mobile imaging device for one or more tags containing non-human-readable data without the mobile imaging device being specifically directed at a particular tag owned by an owner; identifying a tag, via the mobile imagining device, within the user environment that satisfies one or more user preferences; identifying, via the mobile imaging device, a third party associated with one of the identified tag, the user, and the owner; determining, via the mobile imaging device, an action associated with the identified tag; performing the action by a computing device associated with the mobile imaging device; and transmitting information to the third party related to the user that notifies the third party that the identified tag satisfied the one or more user preferences of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37)
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35. A system for capturing and evaluating data of interest to a user, comprising:
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a mobile imaging device to automatically scan a user environment for one or more tags containing non-human-readable data without being specifically directed at a particular tag owned by an owner; an identification component to identify a tag within the user environment that satisfies one or more user preferences and identify a third party associated with one of the identified tag, the user, and the owner; an action component to determine an action associated with the identified tag to be performed by a computing device; and a transmitter configured to transmit information to the third party related to the user that notifies the third party that the identified tag satisfied the one or more user preferences of the user.
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36. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising program code for causing a processor to perform operations comprising:
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automatically scanning a user environment by a mobile imaging device for one or more tags containing non-human-readable data without the mobile imaging device being specifically directed at a particular tag owned by an owner; identifying a tag within the user environment that satisfies one or more user preferences; identifying a third party associated with one of the identified tag, the user, and the owner; determining an action associated with the identified tag; performing the action by a computing device; and transmitting information to the third party related to the user that notifies the third party that the identified tag satisfied the one or more user preferences of the user.
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