Image capture and identification system and process

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9808376-B2
Application number	US-201615287516-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 6, 2016
Priority date	Nov 6, 2000
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

An object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database based on a digital representation of a scene containing the object. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to present an item to a user, who may obtain the item via a transaction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for executing a transaction via a mobile device, comprising:
associating a real-world object with (a) an image of the real-world object in a database including image characteristics of the real-world object and (b) an information address;
receiving, by a server and from a mobile device, a digital representation of a scene, the digital representation of the scene comprising location data;
deriving characteristics from the digital representation;
recognizing, by the server, the real-world object based on the derived characteristics;
presenting, to the mobile device, an item for selection based on the information address;
receiving, by the mobile device, an interaction by a user with a multimedia content; and
executing a transaction to obtain the item based on the user interaction.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multimedia content comprises a game executing on the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the item comprises a purchasable item and the transaction comprises an account transaction.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein receiving the interaction by the user comprises receiving, by the mobile device, a selection of the purchasable item by the user.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein executing the account transaction further comprises billing a purchase amount for the transaction to an account.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the account comprises a bank account.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the account comprises an account linked to the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the account comprises a credit card account.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the account comprises an account linked to the user.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting content information associated with the obtained item to the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising incorporating the content information associated with the obtained item into the multimedia content.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the content information comprises at least one of graphics, text, audio, and video associated with the obtained item.

13. A system for executing a transaction via a mobile device, comprising:
a mobile device programmed to execute a multimedia content; and
at least one server communicatively coupled with the mobile device, the at least one server programmed to:
associate a real-world object with (a) an image of the real-world object in a database including image characteristics of the real-world object and (b) an information address;
receive, from a mobile device, a digital representation of a scene, the digital representation of the scene comprising location data;
derive characteristics from the digital representation;
recognize the real-world object based on the derived characteristics;
present an item for selection to the mobile device based on the information address;
receive, from the mobile device, an instruction associated with interaction by a user with a multimedia content; and
execute a transaction to grant access to the item based on the user interaction.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the multimedia content comprises a game executed on the mobile device.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the item comprises a purchasable item and the transaction comprises an account transaction.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the interaction by the user comprises a selection of the purchasable item by the user.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein executing the account transaction further comprises billing a purchase amount for the transaction to an account.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the account comprises a bank account.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the account comprises an account linked to the mobile device.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the account comprises a credit card account.

21. The system of claim 17 , wherein the account comprises an account linked to the user.

22. The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one server is further programmed to transmit content information associated with the obtained item to the mobile device.

23. The system of claim 22 , wherein mobile device is further programmed to incorporate the obtained item into the multimedia content.

24. The system of claim 22 , wherein the content information comprises at least one of graphics, text, audio and video associated with the obtained item.

Assignees

• Nant Holdings Ip Llc

Inventors

• Boncyck Wayne C
• Cohen Ronald H

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