Systems and methods for scanning a user environment and evaluating data of interest

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A method for capturing and evaluating data of interest to a user, comprising:
automatically scanning a user environment by a mobile imaging device for one or more tags containing non-human-readable data without the mobile imaging device being specifically directed at a particular tag owned by an owner; identifying a tag, via the mobile imagining device, within the user environment that satisfies one or more user preferences; identifying, via the mobile imaging device, a third party associated with one of the identified tag, the user, and the owner; determining, via the mobile imaging device, an action associated with the identified tag; performing the action by a computing device associated with the mobile imaging device; and transmitting information to the third party related to the user that notifies the third party that the identified tag satisfied the one or more user preferences of the user.