System for collective network of augmented reality users

• US 9,519,923 B2
• Filed: 02/16/2016
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Calman, Matthew A., Ross, Erik Stephen, Hamilton, Alfred
• Primary Examiner(s): Desai, Resha
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Jennifer
• Application Number:
  US15/045,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20160162964A1
• Time in Patent Office: 301 Days
• Field of Search: 705 261- 272
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0605 Supply or demand aggregation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide for using video analysis, such as augmented reality or the like to assist a group of users to utilize mobile devices for creating a collective network environment of users that identifies objects in which one or more users in a group of users may be interested, and notifies the one or more users of information associated with the object. A collective network comprises a group of users that each have a mobile device that contains or is otherwise operatively coupled to a data capture device. For example, the mobile device may be a mobile phone that is capable of taking video with a camera device. A user in the collective network may capture video on his mobile device, and an application can identify the object in the video and provide interested users in the collective network with information about the object.

Claims

1. A system for utilizing one or more collective networks of users with image capture devices to identify objects captured using the image capture devices and provide offers to users within the one or more collective networks of users, the system comprising:

a memory device having computer readable program code store thereon;

a communication device; and

a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device, and the communication device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the computer readable program code to;

receive a real-time video stream, wherein the video stream is captured through the use of a first data capture device in communication with a first mobile device of a first user in the one or more collective networks of users;

identify a first object from the video stream;

retrieve data about the first object;

present the data about the first object to the first mobile device, wherein presenting the data about the first object comprises superimposing the data about the first object over the video stream on the first mobile device of the first user;

determine a notification preference associated with the first object, wherein the notification preference comprises at least a notification type, one or more objects, and one or more users;

determine that a second user within the one or more collective networks of users is interested in a second object based on the data about the first object and the notification preference, wherein each user within the one or more collective networks of users has a mobile device with an image capture device associated with the mobile device, wherein each image capture device is configured to capture images of the one or more objects, wherein each mobile device is configured to receive data about the one or more objects;

present a notification about the second object to a second mobile device of the second user based on at least the notification preference, wherein the notification is presented when it is determined that the second user is interested in the second object, wherein the notification is presented as a video link of the video stream on the second mobile device of the second user, and wherein the video stream comprises data about the second object superimposed on the video stream;

receive a response from the second user, wherein the response further comprises one or more actions the second user wishes to take in response to receiving the notification, wherein the one or more actions comprises at least an indication to purchase the second object;

transmit a request received from the second user to the first user to purchase the second object, wherein the request comprises providing the first user with access to funds associated with a financial institution account of the second user by providing information associated with the financial institution account of the second user to the first user, and wherein the second user is virtually present via the one or more collective networks of users; and

receive an indication that the first user placed an order for the purchase of the second object for the second user using the funds accessed from the financial institution account of the second user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device configured to execute the computer readable program code to determine if the second user within the one or more collective networks of users is interested in the second object is further configured to determine the first user from which the data about the first object was received.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device configured to execute the computer readable program code to determine if the second user within the one or more collective networks of users is interested in the second object is further configured to determine the one or more collective networks of users to which the first user belongs.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device configured to execute the computer readable program code to determine if the second user within the one or more collective networks of users is interested in the second object is further configured to determine the one or more users that belong to the one or more collective networks of users.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device configured to execute the computer readable program code to determine if the second user within the one or more collective networks of users is interested in the second object is further configured to compare the data received about the first object to a group of one or more objects associated with the one or more users that belong to the one or more collective networks of users.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the group of one or more objects associated with the one or more users is a wish list, shopping list, or object transaction history associated with the one or more users.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first object and the second object are the same.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the second object is similar to or related to the first object.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer readable program code to receive a request from the first user or the second user to create the one or more collective networks of users.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer readable program code to receive a request from the first user or the second user to create a first user profile or a second user profile for the one or more collective networks of users.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer readable program code to receive a request to link and authenticate a first user profile or a second user profile to an account of the first user or the second user at a financial institution.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer readable program code to receive a request to link one or more objects to a first user profile or a second user profile.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer readable program code to receive a request to invite the one or more users to join the one or more collective networks of users.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer readable program code to receive a request to allow the one or more users to join the one or more collective networks of users.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the computer readable program code to post and settle the accounts of the first user, the second user, a financial institution, or a merchant after the second user makes a purchase of the first object or the second object.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the computer readable program code to receive an indication from the second user to place the second object on hold for a predetermined period of time.