Methods and arrangements relating to signal rich art

    公开(公告)号:US10356274B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US15425573

    申请日:2017-02-06

    Abstract: Art can be infused with network identifiers at the time of its creation, rather than as a post-process. The identifiers may be encoded as overt elements of the art, and enable the artist to reprogram—as over time—an augmentation of the artwork experience via network-delivered components. These network components can include stimuli present when the artist created the work (e.g., music), commentary by the artist, video and augmented reality features, audience-crowdsourced content (e.g., imagery of, or feedback provided by, other viewers encountering the artwork), etc. The artwork augmentation can vary with the user's context (e.g., location, demographics, interests, history). Physical brushes can be equipped to insert such identifiers in graphic arts; other authoring tools are disclosed as well. The network experience can be delivered via smartphones, projectors, and other devices. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

    INTUITIVE COMPUTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS
    52.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170289341A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-05

    申请号:US15620380

    申请日:2017-06-12

    Abstract: A smart phone senses audio, imagery, and/or other stimulus from a user's environment, and acts autonomously to fulfill inferred or anticipated user desires. In one aspect, the detailed technology concerns phone-based cognition of a scene viewed by the phone's camera. The image processing tasks applied to the scene can be selected from among various alternatives by reference to resource costs, resource constraints, other stimulus information (e.g., audio), task substitutability, etc. The phone can apply more or less resources to an image processing task depending on how successfully the task is proceeding, or based on the user's apparent interest in the task. In some arrangements, the phone is guided in various of its intuitive computing operations by user-spoken clues. A discovery session may be launched by the user speaking a cueing expression, which serves to switch the device from a lower activity state to a heightened alert state. Cognition, and identification of appropriate device response(s), can be aided by collateral information, such as context. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

    Methods and systems for accessing a computer resource over a network via microphone-captured audio
    57.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for accessing a computer resource over a network via microphone-captured audio 有权
    通过麦克风捕获的音频通过网络访问计算机资源的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US09344549B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-17

    申请号:US14606750

    申请日:2015-01-27

    Inventor: Bruce L. Davis

    Abstract: The disclosure relates to accessing computer resources by sensing audio with a microphone. One claim recites a system comprising a software module including instructions for causing a wireless device with cell phone communication capability to: i) extract identifying data from microphone-captured audio, the microphone-captured audio captured by the wireless device; ii) obtain device information for a class of devices associated with the wireless device; iii) control communication of the identifying data and the device information; and iv) control a user interface to provide access to a computer resource based on a service provided by said software module in response to communication of the identifying data and the device information, in which the service is configured to provide access in response to audio prompting, and in which said software module is configured to direct access of the wireless device according to the service; and a network resource comprising a data registry, the data registry providing a correlation between identifying data, device information and response information, the network resource configured to provide the service to said software module including providing the response information to said software module, the response information being associated with the identifying data and the device information. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well.

    Abstract translation: 本公开涉及通过用麦克风感测音频来访问计算机资源。 一个权利要求描述了包括软件模块的系统,该软件模块包括用于使具有蜂窝电话通信能力的无线设备的指令:i)从麦克风捕获的音频提取识别数据,由无线设备捕获的麦克风捕获的音频; ii)获取与无线设备相关联的一类设备的设备信息; iii)控制识别数据和设备信息的通信; 以及iv)控制用户界面以响应于所述识别数据和所述设备信息的通信,基于由所述软件模块提供的服务来提供对计算机资源的访问,其中所述服务被配置为响应于音频提示而提供访问 ,并且其中所述软件模块被配置为根据所述服务直接访问所述无线设备; 以及包括数据注册表的网络资源,所述数据注册表提供识别数据,设备信息和响应信息之间的相关性,被配置为向所述软件模块提供服务的网络资源,包括向所述软件模块提供响应信息,响应信息 与识别数据和设备信息相关联。 当然,也提供其他权利要求和组合。

    Media processing methods and arrangements
    58.
    发明授权
    Media processing methods and arrangements 有权
    媒体处理方式和安排

    公开(公告)号:US09258684B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-09

    申请号:US14204712

    申请日:2014-03-11

    Inventor: Bruce L. Davis

    Abstract: The disclosure relates, e.g., to media processing methods and arrangements. One method includes: obtaining first optical data in a first user's cell phone, the first optical data corresponding to a first face of a product's packaging, the product also including a second face of the packaging, the first face comprises first digital watermarking conveying first data and the second face comprises second digital watermarking convey second data; analyzing the first optical data to obtain the first data therefrom; responsive to providing the first data to a remotely located computer resource, the first user's cell phone receiving a first response; obtaining second optical data in a first user's cell phone, the second optical data corresponding the second face of the packaging; analyzing the second optical data to obtain the second data therefrom; responsive to providing the second data to a remotely located computer resource, the first user's cell phone receiving a second response, the second response being different from the first service; and storing in the cell phone an association between: i) the first data and the first response, and ii) the second data and the second response. Of course other methods, combinations and systems are disclosed as well.

    Abstract translation: 本公开涉及例如媒体处理方法和布置。 一种方法包括:在第一用户的手机中获得第一光学数据,第一光学数据对应于产品包装的第一面,该产品还包括包装的第二面,第一面包括第一数字水印传送第一数据 并且所述第二面包括第二数字水印传送第二数据; 分析第一光学数据以从其获得第一数据; 响应于将第一数据提供给位于远程的计算机资源,所述第一用户的蜂窝电话接收第一响应; 在第一用户的手机中获得第二光学数据,所述第二光学数据对应于所述包装的第二面; 分析第二光学数据以从其获得第二数据; 响应于将第二数据提供给位于远程的计算机资源,所述第一用户的蜂窝电话接收第二响应,所述第二响应不同于所述第一服务; 以及在所述手机中存储以下之间的关联:i)所述第一数据和所述第一响应,以及ii)所述第二数据和所述第二响应。 当然,也公开了其它方法,组合和系统。

    Methods and systems for accessing a computer resource over a network via microphone-captured audio
    60.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for accessing a computer resource over a network via microphone-captured audio 有权
    通过麦克风捕获的音频通过网络访问计算机资源的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08943172B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-27

    申请号:US14298738

    申请日:2014-06-06

    Inventor: Bruce L. Davis

    Abstract: The disclosure relates to accessing computer resources by sensing audio with a microphone. One claim recites a system comprising: a software module comprising instructions for controlling a wireless device to: i) extract identifying data from microphone-captured audio by applying a hashing algorithm to the microphone-captured audio; ii) obtain device information for a class of devices associated with the wireless device; iii) control communication of the identifying data and the device information; and iv) control a user interface to facilitate access to a third party computer resource based on a service received by said software module in response to communication of the identifying data and the device information, in which the service is configured to facilitate access in response to audio prompting; and a network resource comprising a data registry, the data registry comprising a correlation between identifying data, device information and sponsored links, the network resource configured to provide the service to said software module including providing a sponsored link to the software module, the sponsored link being associated with the identifying data and the device information. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well.

    Abstract translation: 本公开涉及通过用麦克风感测音频来访问计算机资源。 一个权利要求描述了一种系统,包括:软件模块,包括用于控制无线设备的指令,以便:i)通过对麦克风捕获的音频应用散列算法来从麦克风捕获的音频中提取识别数据; ii)获取与无线设备相关联的一类设备的设备信息; iii)控制识别数据和设备信息的通信; 以及iv)控制用户界面以便于响应于所述识别数据和所述设备信息的通信而基于由所述软件模块接收的服务来访问第三方计算机资源,其中所述服务被配置为便于响应于 音频提示; 以及包括数据注册表的网络资源,所述数据注册表包括识别数据,设备信息和赞助链接之间的相关性,所述网络资源被配置为向所述软件模块提供服务,包括向软件模块提供赞助链接,所述赞助链接 与识别数据和设备信息相关联。 当然,也提供其他权利要求和组合。

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