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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2021
Christofer Toumazou, London, GB;
Yue Wang, Melbourne, AU;
Christofer Toumazou, London, GB;
Yue Wang, Melbourne, AU;
Other;
Abstract
A computer implemented method is for providing user devices with alternative content. The method includes: defining a plurality of search parameters; crawling the world wide web or selected parts thereof, or searching predefined web sites, to identify content matching one or more of said search parameters; generating image triggers by extracting the identified content or generating digital fingerprints indicative of the identified content; storing the image triggers in a database, together with respective alternative content or alternative content identifiers; receiving an image captured from a printed or displayed medium at an end user device; searching the captured image to identify a presence of at least one of the image triggers in the captured image; and causing alternative content corresponding to the at least one of the image triggers to be displayed or presented at the end user device, or a respective other device associated with the end user device.