Mixed media reality brokerage network and methods of use

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7587412
APP PUB NO 20070050419A1
SERIAL NO

11466414

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A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system associated techniques are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the MMR system includes a MMR brokerage network having a customer, an MMR broker, an MMR service bureau and an MMR clearinghouse. The MMR brokerage network allows these entities to interact to provide a unified point of business access for the customer who wants to add MMR functionality to a document. Furthermore, the MMR system of the present invention facilitates business methods that take advantage of the combination of a portable electronic device, such as a cellular camera phone, and a paper document. The present invention also includes a number of novel methods including: a method for operation of a MMR brokerage network, a method for layout independent MMR recognition, a strip fragment candidate generation process, and a page candidate accumulation process.

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RICOH CO LTDJAPAN TOKYO FIELD AREA MAGOME A CHOME 3 NO 6

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hart, Peter E Menlo Park , US 85 5718
Hull, Jonathan J San Carlos , US 238 13395
Nudd, Geoffrey H San Francisco , US 10 439
Weyl, Stephen A Los Altos Hills , US 5 300

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