Browser-based mobile image capture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12130882-B2
Application number	US-202318219309-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2023
Priority date	Feb 19, 2013
Publication date	Oct 29, 2024
Grant date	Oct 29, 2024

Abstract

Systems and methods for integrating mobile image capture with an internet browser application on a mobile device are provided, wherein a user viewing a web page via the internet browser application can initiate a mobile image capture process on the mobile device through the web page, capture images with a mobile image capture user interface, and then provide secure access to the captured images for the web page in order to utilize the content of the captured images. The mobile image capture process is accessible through any internet browser application via the mobile device and allows any service running on a web page to benefit from the ability to capture an image on the mobile device and obtain the content of the image through mobile image processing. The browser-based mobile image capture allows mobile devices which do not run certain third party applications to utilize mobile image capture and processing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising using at least one computer processor of a mobile device to:
within a browser application on the mobile device, retrieve a web page from a web server over at least one network, wherein the web page comprises a hyperlink to a micro application on the mobile device, and wherein the hyperlink contains a schema comprising one or more settings for image capture;
in response to selection of the hyperlink in the web page within the browser application, invoke the micro application on the mobile device; and,
by the micro application,
initiate an image capture of one or more images using the mobile device in accordance with the schema contained within the selected hyperlink, and
send the captured one or more images to a remote server over the at least one network.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote server is the web server.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote server is different from the web server, and wherein the captured one or more images are transmitted to the remote server with a token.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising using at least one computer processor of the remote server to:
receive the captured one or more images and the token from the mobile device via the at least one network;
store the captured one or more images in association with the token;
receive a request for the captured one or more images from the web server, wherein the request comprises a token; and,
when the token in the request matches the token stored in association with the captured one or more images, send the captured one or more images to the web server.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising using the at least one computer processor of the remote server to:
temporarily store the captured one or more images in a memory of the remote server; and
delete the captured one or more images from the memory in response to expiration of the token stored in association with the captured one or more images.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising using the at least one computer processor of the remote server to perform image correction on the captured one or more images prior to sending the captured one or more images to the web server.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the request further comprises a server Uniform Resource Locator (URL) identifying a location on the remote server at which the captured one or more images are stored.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the captured one or more images are transmitted to the remote server with a destination Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising using at least one computer processor of the remote server to:
receive the captured one or more images and the destination URL from the mobile device via the at least one network; and
send the captured one or more images to the destination URL.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising the at least one computer processor of the remote server to perform image correction on the captured one or more images prior to sending the captured one or more images to the destination URL.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising using the at least one computer processor of the mobile device to:
temporarily store the captured one or more images in a memory of the mobile device; and
delete the captured one or more images from the memory in response to a session ending between the browser application and the web server.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising using the at least one computer processor of the mobile device to close the micro application in response to a session ending between the browser application and the web server.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the micro application is a plug-in of the browser application.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising using the at least one computer processor of the mobile device to:
receive an acknowledgement, from the remote server, that the captured one or more images were received by the remote server; and,
in response to receiving the acknowledgement, close the micro application and return to the browser application.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising using the at least one computer processor of the mobile device to, by the micro application:
determine whether or not a return Uniform Resource Locator (URL) was provided during invocation of the micro application;
when determining that the return URL was provided during invocation of the micro application, direct the browser application to the return URL; and,
when determining that no return URL was provided during invocation of the micro application, return to the web page.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote server is different from the web server, wherein the web page further comprises a request hyperlink, and wherein the method further comprises using the at least one computer processor of the mobile device to, in response to selection of the request hyperlink, send a request to the remote server that the captured one or more images be sent to the web server.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one network comprises the Internet.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more settings comprise one or more of a type of image to be captured, a document to be captured by the one or more images, or content to be captured by the one or more images, and wherein the schema is sent to the remote server with the captured one or more images.

19. A system comprising at least one computer processor configured to:
within a browser application on the mobile device, retrieve a web page from a web server over at least one network, wherein the web page comprises a hyperlink to a micro application on the mobile device, and wherein the hyperlink contains a schema comprising one or more settings for image capture;
in response to selection of the hyperlink in the web page within the browser application, invoke the micro application on the mobile device; and,
by the micro application,
initiate an image capture of one or more images using the mobile device in accordance with the schema contained within the selected hyperlink, and
send the captured one or more images to a remote server over the at least one network.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
within a browser application on the mobile device, retrieve a web page from a web server over at least one network, wherein the web page comprises a hyperlink to a micro application on the mobile device, and wherein the hyperlink contains a schema comprising one or more settings for image capture;
in response to selection of the hyperlink in the web page within the browser application, invoke the micro application on the mobile device; and,
by the micro application,
initiate an image capture of one or more images using the mobile device in accordance with the schema contained within the selected hyperlink, and
send the captured one or more images to a remote server over the at least one network.

Assignees

• Mitek Systems Inc

Inventors

• Strange Michael
• Nies Robert J
• Beitz Kirk

Classifications

• G06Q10/10

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• H04N1/00307

  with a mobile telephone apparatus (constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00) · CPC title

• H04N2201/001

  Sharing resources, e.g. processing power or memory, with a connected apparatus or enhancing the capability of the still picture apparatus · CPC title

• H04N2101/00

  Still video cameras · CPC title

• G06Q20/042 Primary

  characterized in that the payment protocol involves at least one cheque · CPC title