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Systems and methods for scanning a user environment and evaluating data of interest
US9170656B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9170656-B2 |
| Application number | US-201213410141-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Mar 1, 2012 |
| Priority date | Mar 1, 2012 |
| Publication date | Oct 27, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2015 |
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According to various embodiments, a mobile device continuously and/or automatically scans a user environment for tags containing non-human-readable data. The mobile device may continuously and/or automatically scan the environment for tags without being specifically directed at a particular tag. The mobile device may be adapted to scan for audio tags, radio frequency tags, and/or image tags. The mobile device may be configured to scan for and identify tags within the user environment that satisfy a user preference. The mobile device may perform an action in response to identifying a tag that satisfies a user preference. The mobile device may be configured to scan for a wide variety of tags, including tags in the form of quick response codes, steganographic content, audio watermarks, audio outside of a human audible range, radio frequency identification tags, long wavelength identification tags, near field communication tags, and/or a Memory Spot device.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method for capturing and evaluating data of interest to a user, comprising: automatically scanning a user environment by a mobile device for one or more radio frequency (RF) tags, wherein at least some of the RF tags specify one or more actions to be performed by a computing device based on an authorization status; identifying at least one RF tag within the user environment that satisfies one or more user preferences; determining an authorization st…
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- What does patent US9170656B2 cover?
- According to various embodiments, a mobile device continuously and/or automatically scans a user environment for tags containing non-human-readable data. The mobile device may continuously and/or automatically scan the environment for tags without being specifically directed at a particular tag. The mobile device may be adapted to scan for audio tags, radio frequency tags, and/or image tags. Th…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Gates William, Gerrity Daniel A, Holman Paul, and 15 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G06F3/0317. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Oct 27 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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