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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2013
Verizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services, Llc, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Gareth Williams, Orange, CA (US);
Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, TX (US);
Verizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services, LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An exemplary method includes a computer-implemented vending kiosk user interface system 1) receiving a camera image captured by a mobile device, the camera image including a visual representation of a vending kiosk located within a vicinity of the mobile device, 2) detecting the visual representation of the vending kiosk within the camera image, 3) generating, based on the detecting of the visual representation of the vending kiosk within the camera image, an augmented reality image that includes a combination of camera image content included in the camera image and virtual content associated with a vending service, and 4) directing the mobile device to display the augmented reality image. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.