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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2008
Todd Matthew Fitch, Santa Clara, CA (US);
John Reed Flora, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Benjamin R. Weiss, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Roy Goldman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Todd Matthew Fitch, Santa Clara, CA (US);
John Reed Flora, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Benjamin R. Weiss, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Roy Goldman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for matching an unknown product to an offered product profile at a point of sale involves obtaining a first sensory input from the unknown product, where the first sensory input comprises at least a portion of an image, assigning a value to one or more characteristics of the first sensory input, searching a first product repository for a matching product profile using a pre-defined range based on the value of the one or more characteristics of the first sensory input, identifying the matching product profile on the first product repository when the offered product profile is within the pre-defined range, wherein the matching product profile includes a plurality of product information data, and conducting a transaction at the point of sale using the plurality of product information data.