AUGMENTED- REALITY MARKETING WITH VIRTUAL COUPON
Disclosed are a system, method, and article of manufacture for augmented-reality marketing with a virtual coupon. A virtual representation of an object is provided. A real representation of the object is provided. An association of the virtual representation and the real representation is rendered with a user interface. A virtual coupon is made available to a user when the virtual representation and the real representation are rendered. A graphical metaphor may be integrated into the virtual representation according to an environmental characteristic of the object. The environmental characteristic may include a physical environmental characteristic, a data environmental characteristic, a computer environmental characteristic or a user environmental characteristic.
1 . A method comprising:
providing a virtual representation of an object;
providing a real representation of the object;
rendering an association of the virtual representation and the real representation with a user interface; and
making a virtual coupon available to a user when the virtual representation and the real representation are rendered with the user interface.
2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising determining an attribute of the virtual coupon according to at least one of a user state and a vendor state.
3 . The method of claim 2 further comprising enabling a virtual coupon provider to modify the attribute of the virtual coupon in real-time.
4 . The method of claim 1 further comprising integrating a graphical metaphor into the virtual representation according to an environmental characteristic of the object.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the environmental characteristic comprises at least one of a physical environmental characteristic, a data environmental characteristic, a computer environmental characteristic and a user environmental characteristic.
6 . The method of claim 1 further comprising determining an attribute of the virtual representation of the object according to a user characteristic.
7 . The method of claim 1 further comprising coupling a sensor with the object.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the graphical metaphor comprises a symbolic representation of a data obtained from the sensor.
9 . The method of claim 8 further comprising coupling a smart device with the sensor.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the smart device communicates the information to a server.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a machine is caused to perform the method of claim 1 when a set of instructions in a form of a machine-readable medium is executed by the machine.
12 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
providing a sensor data pertaining to an entity;
generating a graphical metaphor of the sensor data;
providing a virtual representation of the entity, wherein the virtual representation comprises the graphical metaphor;
generating a digital representation of the entity as perceived through the lens of a digital camera; and
rendering the virtual representation and the digital representation of the entity with a user interface.
13 . The computer-implemented method of claim 12 further comprising generating a virtual coupon related the entity.
14 . The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the virtual coupon is generated when the user interface renders the virtual representation of the sensor data and the digital representation of the entity.
15 . The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein rendering the virtual representation and the digital representation of the entity with the user interface further comprises:
overlapping the virtual representation and the digital representation of the entity with a user interface.
16 . The computer-implemented method of claim 12 further comprising modifying an attribute of the graphical metaphor in real time based on a modulation of the sensor data.
17 . The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein the sensor data is obtained from a virtual sensor.
18 . A method comprising:
providing a computer system;
providing a user interface coupled with the computer system;
augmenting an image of an object rendered by the user interface with a virtual element; and
launching a credit application on the computer system if the image of the objected is augmented with the virtual element.
19 . The method of claim 18 further comprising providing a credit to a user associated with the credit application.
20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the value of the credit is determined by at least one of a bank account value, a location of a portable electronic device, a purchasing history and an inventory data.