System and method for providing contemporaneous product information with animated virtual representations

US8199966B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Sinem Guven · New York, US
• Myron D. Flickner · San Jose, US
• Gopal S. Pingali · Kanchinakote, IN
• Mark E. Podlaseck · Kent, US
• Robyn R. Schwartz · Chicago, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2012
• Expiry date: Mar 6, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0643
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for providing contemporaneous product information with animated virtual representations includes identifying a product by detecting a marker with a user device. Based upon the product, an animated virtual representation is generated in a display of the user device. Information about the product is conveyed to the user by virtual interaction with the animated virtual representation.