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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2016
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Julie G. Lord, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
Daniel A. Gerrity, Seattle, WA (US);
William Gates, Medina, WA (US);
Pablos Holman, Seattle, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Edward K. Y. Jung, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Jordin T. Kare, San Jose, CA (US);
Royce A. Levien, Lexington, MA (US);
Richard T. Lord, Federal Way, WA (US);
Robert W. Lord, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);
John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Keith D. Rosema, Olympia, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
ELWHA LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
According to various embodiments, a mobile device continuously and/or automatically scans a user environment for tags containing non-human-readable data. The mobile device may continuously and/or automatically scan the environment for tags without being specifically directed at a particular tag. The mobile device may be adapted to scan for audio tags, radio frequency tags, and/or image tags. The mobile device may be configured to scan for and identify tags within the user environment that satisfy a user preference. The mobile device may perform an action in response to identifying a tag that satisfies a user preference. The mobile device may be configured to scan for a wide variety of tags, including tags in the form of quick response codes, steganographic content, audio watermarks, audio outside of a human audible range, radio frequency identification tags, long wavelength identification tags, near field communication tags, and/or a Memory Spot device.