Methods and systems for displaying virtual objects from an augmented reality environment on a multimedia device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12148118-B2
Application number	US-202318522438-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2023
Priority date	Apr 14, 2020
Publication date	Nov 19, 2024
Grant date	Nov 19, 2024

Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed for displaying an augmented reality virtual object on a multimedia device. One method comprises detecting, in an augmented reality environment displayed using a first device, a virtual object; detecting, within the augmented reality environment, a second device, the second device comprising a physical multimedia device; and generating, at the second device, a display comprising a representation of the virtual object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
identifying, by a content retrieval platform, a virtual object in an augmented reality environment;
determining, by the content retrieval platform, an object identifier associated with the virtual object;
retrieving, by the content retrieval platform, a representation of the virtual object based on the object identifier; and
casting, by the content retrieval platform, the representation of the virtual object to a multimedia device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the representation includes a 3D model, a 2D image, a schematic diagram, a photographic image, or an icon.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
differentiating between the virtual object and a background display.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multimedia device is a television, and the augmented reality environment is displayed via a user device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein retrieving the representation comprises retrieving the representation from a database maintained by the content retrieval platform.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein retrieving the representation comprises retrieving the representation from a database maintained by a merchant system.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the augmented reality environment displays virtual objects from different merchant systems.

8. A content retrieval platform comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions; and
one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:
identifying a virtual object in an augmented reality environment;
determining an object identifier associated with the virtual object;
retrieving a representation of the virtual object based on the object identifier; and
casting the representation of the virtual object to a multimedia device.

9. The content retrieval platform of claim 8 , wherein the representation includes a 3D model, a 2D image, a schematic diagram, a photographic image, or an icon.

10. The content retrieval platform of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
differentiating between the virtual object and a background display.

11. The content retrieval platform of claim 8 , wherein the multimedia device is a television, and the augmented reality environment is displayed via a user device.

12. The content retrieval platform of claim 8 , wherein retrieving the representation comprises retrieving the representation from a database maintained by the content retrieval platform.

13. The content retrieval platform of claim 8 , wherein retrieving the representation comprises retrieving the representation from a database maintained by a merchant system.

14. The content retrieval platform of claim 8 , wherein the augmented reality environment displays virtual objects from different merchant systems.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a content retrieval platform, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
identifying a virtual object in an augmented reality environment;
determining an object identifier associated with the virtual object;
retrieving a representation of the virtual object based on the object identifier; and
casting the representation of the virtual object to a multimedia device.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the representation includes a 3D model, a 2D image, a schematic diagram, a photographic image, or an icon.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
differentiating between the virtual object and a background display.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the multimedia device is a television, and the augmented reality environment is displayed via a user device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein retrieving the representation comprises retrieving the representation from a database maintained by the content retrieval platform.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein retrieving the representation comprises retrieving the representation from a database maintained by a merchant system.

Assignees

• Worldpay Ltd

Inventors

• Gordon Kevin
• Spender Charlotte

Classifications

• G06Q30/0643 Primary

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• G06T2219/2021

  Shape modification · CPC title

• G06T2219/2012

  Colour editing, changing, or manipulating; Use of colour codes · CPC title

• G06T2219/2016

  Rotation, translation, scaling · CPC title

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  Shopping for digital content · CPC title