Camera based information exchange mechanism
US8723962B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 13, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 13, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0601
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Mechanisms, in a portable computing device comprising a camera, for exchanging information between a user and a provider are provided. With these mechanisms, an image is captured using the camera of the portable computing device and an identifier of a physical object associated with the captured image is determined. The portable computing device transmits the identifier of the physical object, and user information describing a user of the portable computing device, to a separate computing device associated with a provider of the physical object. The portable computing device receives information associated with the physical object from the separate computing device associated with the provider of the physical object. A storage device of the portable computing device stores the physical object information in association with at least one of the captured image or the identifier of the physical object.
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