Internet and database searching with handheld devices
First Claim
1. A method of associating Internet content with media, the method comprising:
- decoding, via a processor, an embedded digital watermark from media;
searching, via the processor, an on-line repository associated with the embedded digital watermark; and
providing, via the processor, a list of Internet content associated with the media based on results from searching of the on-line repository, wherein the Internet content includes one or more on-line blogs, wherein the watermark comprises plural data fields, with at least one of the fields including or pointing to an on-line address at which the on-line blog is hosted.
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Abstract
The presently claimed invention relates to network searching and handheld devices. One claim recites a method including: from a first wireless device, wirelessly communicating with a second wireless device to determine whether the second wireless device has performed an internet or database search; receiving, at the first wireless device, information from the second wireless device regarding the internet or database search, if the information satisfies predetermined criteria on the first wireless device, requesting from the second wireless device at least a subset of results obtained from the internet or database search. Another claim recites: a method of searching comprising: receiving search criteria in a first, handheld mobile device; upon sensing a second, handheld mobile device by the first, handheld mobile device, automatically and wirelessly querying the second, handheld mobile device to determine whether the second, handheld mobile device has any content stored thereon corresponding to the search criteria; and receiving content corresponding to the search criteria from the second, handheld mobile device. Of course, other claims and combinations are also provided.
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1. A method of associating Internet content with media, the method comprising:
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decoding, via a processor, an embedded digital watermark from media; searching, via the processor, an on-line repository associated with the embedded digital watermark; and providing, via the processor, a list of Internet content associated with the media based on results from searching of the on-line repository, wherein the Internet content includes one or more on-line blogs, wherein the watermark comprises plural data fields, with at least one of the fields including or pointing to an on-line address at which the on-line blog is hosted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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instructions to decode an embedded digital watermark from media; instructions to search an on-line repository associated with the embedded digital watermark; instructions to provide a list of Internet content associated with the media based on results from searching of the on-line repository; and instructions to receive a selection of Internet content and instructions to trigger, via the processor, a link to the on-line resource, wherein the watermark comprises plural data fields, with at least one of the fields including or pointing to an on-line address at which the on-line resource is hosted. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A wireless device comprising:
a processor configured to; decode an embedded digital watermark from media; search an on-line repository associated with the embedded digital watermark; and provide a list of Internet content associated with the media based on results from searching of the on-line repository, wherein the Internet content includes one or more on-line blogs, wherein the watermark comprises plural data fields, with at least one of the fields including or pointing to an on-line address at which the on-line blog is hosted. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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