SMARTPHONE-BASED METHODS AND SYSTEMS

摘要

Methods and arrangements involving portable devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers, are disclosed. One arrangement enables a creator of content to select software with which that creator's content should be rendered—assuring continuity between artistic intention and delivery. Another arrangement utilizes the camera of a smartphone to identify nearby subjects, and take actions based thereon. Others rely on near field chip (RFID) identification of objects, or on identification of audio streams (e.g., music, voice). Some of the detailed technologies concern improvements to the user interfaces associated with such devices. Others involve use of these devices in connection with shopping, text entry, sign language interpretation, and vision-based discovery. Still other improvements are architectural in nature, e.g., relating to evidence-based state machines, and blackboard systems. Yet other technologies concern use of linked data in portable devices—some of which exploit GPU capabilities. Still other technologies concern computational photography. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

主权项

1. A system including a processor configured by instructions in a memory, the instructions including operating system software, the operating system software providing a content identification service that receives input content data corresponding to imagery captured by a camera, or a pointer to stored content data corresponding to imagery captured by a camera, and returns publishes metadata corresponding thereto to a content identification message queue of said operating system software, wherein the published metadata comprises, or is obtained through use of, fingerprint data or decoded watermark data identifying the content data, said memory further including software instructions for first and second application programs, said instructions causing the first application program to hook said content identification message queue to monitor said queue for metadata indicating a content of a first type, said instructions causing the second application program to hook said content identification message queue to monitor said queue for metadata indicating content of a second type different than the first type, said instructions causing said first or second application to automatically launch into further activity, without user selection, when metadata indicating that the input content data or the pointer to the stored content data is content of the first or second type, respectively, is published to said queue.