Accessing remote systems using image content
View Patent ↗Systems and methods allow users to capture an image and transmit data to a remote system. An embodiment includes a method comprising capturing, at a mobile device, an image; generating, at the mobile device, text from the image using a recognition algorithm; and transmitting, from the mobile device, the text to a remote system.
1. A method comprising:
capturing, at a mobile device, an image;
generating, at the mobile device, text from the image using a recognition algorithm;
displaying, at the mobile device, the text using a user interface;
receiving, at the mobile device, an input selecting the displayed text through a pointing device of the user interface;
opening, at the mobile device, a web browser in response to the input; and
accessing a web page with the web browser based on the text in response to the input.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, at the mobile device, supplemental information associated with the image.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving, at the mobile device, the supplemental information associated with the image comprises receiving, at the mobile device, voice information associated with the image.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a web address to a remote system.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising parsing the text for at least one word.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image includes at least a part of an image of a product, the method further comprising:
receiving, at the mobile device, information regarding the product; and
presenting, at the mobile device, the information regarding the product.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
transmitting, from the mobile device, an instruction to purchase the product.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image includes textual characters, and the recognition algorithm is an optical character recognition algorithm.
9. A mobile device, comprising:
an image input device configured to capture an image;
a communication device;
a user interface; and
a processor in operative association with the image input, device, user interface, and communication device, the processor configured to:
receive the image from the image input device;
recognize content within the image;
associate text with the content;
display the text using the user interface;
receive an input selecting the displayed text through a pointing device of the user interface;
open, at the mobile device, web browser in response to the input; and
access a web page with the web browser based on to the text in response to the input.
10. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a web address to a remote system based on the text.
11. The mobile device of claim 9 ,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive information regarding a product using the communication device; and
present the information regarding the product using the user interface.
12. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit an instruction to purchase the product using the communication device.
13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions for executing on a mobile device, the instructions comprising:
instructions for capturing, at the mobile device, an image;
instructions for determining, at the mobile device, text associated with the image using a recognition algorithm;
instructions for displaying, at the mobile device, the text using a used interface;
instructions for receiving, at the mobile device, an input selecting the displayed text through a pointing device of the user interface;
instructions for opening, at the mobile device, a web browser in response to the input; and
instructions for accessing a web page with the web browser based on the text in response to the input.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , the instructions further comprising instructions for transmitting a web address to a remote system.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , the instructions further comprising instructions for parsing the text for at least one word.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the image includes at least a part of an image of a product, the instructions further comprising:
instructions for receiving, at the mobile device, information regarding the product; and
instructions for presenting, at the mobile device, the information regarding the product.