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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
May. 05, 2010
Thomas P. Kempf, Plymouth, MN (US);
Richard J. Kaiser, Allentown, PA (US);
Francis G. Schiro, Doylestown, PA (US);
Thomas P. Kempf, Plymouth, MN (US);
Richard J. Kaiser, Allentown, PA (US);
Francis G. Schiro, Doylestown, PA (US);
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Embodiments provide product information to a person viewing a product by capturing a product identifier image associated with the product, determining a product identifier from the image, and retrieving product information from a product database using the product identifier. In some cases the product information is filtered prior to display using a profile that includes criteria set by the user. Embodiments provide product information via a handheld computing device, which in some cases can be a mobile phone or other such device that also includes a camera for capturing product identifier images.