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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Cheryl Grunbock, Vashon, WA (US);
Martin T. King, Vashon Island, WA (US);
Dale L. Grover, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Clifford A. Kushler, Lynnwood, WA (US);
James Q. Stafford-Fraser, Cambridge, GB;
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus and methods for implementing transaction applications using a handheld document data capture device are described herein. The handheld device captures information from a rendered document. The captured information is processed to identify an electronic document corresponding to the rendered document. Information captured from the rendered document by the handheld capture device is used to perform a transaction. In one embodiment, a portable scanner is used to select items from a catalog. Information scanned from the catalog is used to identify the catalog, the items to be purchased, and complete an order via the Internet.