IP Library Granted Patent US 7,725,360
Granted Patent B2
US 7,725,360 · App. 11/556,430 · Granted May 25, 2010

Portable communication device and method of use

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Patent No.
US 7,725,360
App. No.
11/556,430
Granted
May 25, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable communication device and method of use is provided. In one embodiment, the method of using a handheld mobile telephone includes capturing a plurality of images via an image input device; storing the plurality of images in a memory, receiving a first speech input, identifying command information in said first speech input; retrieving information from memory based, at least in part, on the command information. The method may further include generating a request related to an article of commerce that includes, at least in part, the information retrieved from memory, determining a destination for transmitting the request, and wirelessly transmitting said request through a mobile telephone network to the destination.

Claims (21)

1. A method of using a handheld wireless communication device configured to communicate via a mobile telephone network and comprising a memory and an image input device, the method comprising:

receiving one or more images at the image input device;

wherein the one or more images include information corresponding to an article of commerce;

wherein the one or more images include text content;

storing the one or more images in the memory;

receiving a user input related to the article of commerce;

determining a destination based on information stored in the memory;

with the handheld wireless communication device, generating a request related to the article of commerce that includes the one or more images in response to the user input;

after said storing, wirelessly transmitting the request through the mobile telephone network to the destination with the handheld wireless communication device;

receiving a response to the request at the handheld wireless communication device;

presenting the response to the user with the handheld wireless communication device;

wherein the destination comprises a remote computer configured to perform at least one of: process a sale of the article of commerce, and process a request for information related to the article of commerce;

the remote computer converting at least some of the text content to text; and

the remote computer retrieving data of at least one website based on the text.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving a response to the request from the remote computer via the mobile telephone network.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the destination comprises a computer connected to the Internet.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the request includes the one or more images and the remote computer is configured to retrieve data of at least one website based on information in the one or more images.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining a destination comprises retrieving the destination from memory.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising wirelessly transmitting a request to make a purchase through the mobile telephone network to the destination.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information corresponding to the article of commerce comprises data representing a website configured to provide information relating to the article of commerce.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the request comprises a request for information relating to the article of commerce.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2025
From: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 196 LLC
To: ECOMM INNOVATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 071128/0491 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2025
From: GULA CONSULTING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 196 LLC
Reel/Frame 070662/0078 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME, EXECUTION DATE AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF MERGER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 037028 FRAME: 0663. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER. Recorded Mar 15, 2018
From: WOUNDER GMBH., LLC
To: GULA CONSULTING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 046507/0144 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE INCOMPLETE ASSIGNEE NAME TO INCLUDE "LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY" PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037028 FRAME 0663. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER. Recorded Nov 30, 2015
From: WOUNDER GMBH., LLC
To: GULA CONSULTING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 037172/0557 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 12, 2015
From: WOUNDER GMBH., LLC
To: GULA CONSULTING
Reel/Frame 037028/0663 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF THE RECEIVING PARTY'S NAME FROM "WOUNDER GMBH" TO "WOUNDER GMBH., LLC" IN A COVERSHEET OF AN ASSIGNMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 026086 FRAME 0170. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SPELLING OF THE RECEIVING PARTY'S NAME IS "WOUNDER GMBH., LLC". Recorded Apr 13, 2011
From: BARNES, MELVIN L., JR.
To: WOUNDER GMBH., LLC
Reel/Frame 026122/0540 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2011
From: BARNES, MELVIN L., JR.
To: WOUNDER GMBH
Reel/Frame 026086/0170 →